Scientists in Australia have discovered the remains of a mummy in a 2,500-year-old coffin that was previously classified as empty. The sarcophagus had been left untouched at a university museum in ...

X-ray scans have finally unravelled the mystery of how a famous ancient Egyptian “locked mummy” was placed inside a coffin with seemingly no entry point. Out of the over dozen Egyptian mummies ...

who lived 3,000 years ago was named the 'locked mummy.' This was because she was rested in a coffin with no visible entrance using some unusual burial method. Scientists at the Field Museum ...

This decorative Inner Mummy Coffin is more than 2,800 years old and is one of two in the care of Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. The coffin originally held the body of Iyhat - a middle ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin. Examining his body using CAT scans and X-rays revealed that he suffered from ...

Nesyamun is very important as the only Mummy to have been dated to this period, as well as explaining Egyptian culture. His coffin gives an insight into his daily life and his beliefs and ...