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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a tomb containing dozens of mummies, including the remains of a mother and child. The rock-cut tomb was found in the southern city of Aswan. Inside, archaeologists found more than 30 mummies. These include two “superimposed mummies,” which archaeologists believe...

A team of forensic scientists has managed to extract DNA from a 4,000-year-old mummy, and their finding has solved a century-old mystery of its ransacked tomb. The Egyptian mummy wasn’t a fully preserved corpse, but rather a decapitated, mutilated, bandage-wrapped head that archaeologists found on...

The tomb of an Iron Age woman adorned with jewelry has been discovered in France. The discovery was made by experts from the archaeological research organization Inrap at Saint-Vulbas in eastern France. The tomb is part of a burial complex that dates back to the...