Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have ...

Hamilton was a trustee for the British Museum and under that guise ... Interestingly, Hamilton had also acquired the sarcophagus of Pa-ba-sa, an Egyptian noble in the reign of Psamtik I (664-610 ...

His mummy is at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo. Another coffin belonging to Ramesses II was discovered ...

Now displayed vertically, this huge piece of carved granite is the sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III. This effigy of the king shows him in the form of an Egyptian ... BBC or the British Museum.

An important archaeological discovery has gained internet fame after some social media users linked it to a popular TV show.

A delicate operation to return an Egyptian mummy and a sarcophagus to Cairo cost University College Cork more than €34,000.