A superbly maintained 2,300-year-old mummy bearing a golden mask was unveiled at Egypt's Saqqara Pyramids complex south of Cairo.

Archeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,300 year-old mummy — possibly the oldest one ever found in the country — during an extraordinary dig near Cairo, officials announced Thursday.

Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of pharaonic-era mummies in brightly painted wooden coffins near Egypt's little-known Lahun pyramid, the site head said on Sunday.

Anyone who tried to rob a tomb was taking a big risk because both the ancient police and the law were ready to punish them.

On Saturday, Egyptian antiquities minister Khaled el-Anany revealed a selection of newly discovered mummies, tools, coffins and wooden masks found during excavations of a royal necropolis. The ...

Recent archaeological finds in Egypt include a family burial plot and an excavated Roman city near Luxor. Two ancient tombs were found near Cairo.

Egyptian archaeologists found a rare intact mummy dating to pharaonic times when they opened a sealed limestone sarcophagus on Wednesday in the shadow of the world's oldest standing step pyramid ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found a large animal mummy that may contain the remains of a lion or lioness.

Archaeologists have found a pyramid belonging to a previously unknown ancient Egyptian queen outside King Tut's tomb, along with a trove of coffins, mummies, artifacts, and a network of tunnels ...

Origins of Egyptian mummy making may predate pyramids Embalming mixture used to wrap bodies for burial appeared as early as 6,330 years ago ...

A superbly maintained 2,300-year-old mummy was unveiled Tuesday at Egypt's Saqqara Pyramids complex south of Cairo.