Movie mummies are known for two things ... But Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at the American University in Cairo and a National Geographic Society grantee, believes the curse concept did exist ...

This story appears in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... how they prayed. Animal mummies are a big part of that pay dirt. "They're really manifestations of daily life ...

This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mummies capture our imaginations and our hearts. Full of secrets and magic, they were once people who lived and ...

This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT ...

This story appears in the February 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... The first and oldest mummy is a friar: Silvestro da Gubbio, standing in his niche since 1599.