EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

About 3,500 years ago, a pharaoh died. Amenhotep was wrapped tightly in perfect linens and mummified, and nobody knew what was under those linens - that is, until now. SAHAR SALEEM: This mummy is very ...

Scan of Amenhotep I’s coffin with mummy inside(Courtesy Sahar Saleem) It’s not every day that scientists have the opportunity to look inside the coffin of a ...

~ Hatshepsut ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C., dressing like a man and wearing a fake beard. CAIRO, Egypt -- The long-overlooked mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes ...

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For thousands of years, Abydos has been the city of the dead. It’s one of Egypt’s most sacred and ancient burial sites, guarding the secrets of many kings and important people from Egyptian society.

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The story broke into modern awareness in the 1820s, when European antiquarians arrived in Egypt amid the excitement that followed the Rosetta Stone’s translation. Hieroglyphs were suddenly readable.

One of the last remaining unwrapped royal Egyptian mummies has been scanned in detail for the first time. Amenhotep I, who ruled Egypt from around 1525 to 1504 BC in an era known as the New Kingdom, ...