The story of a mummy's curse has been told dozens of times for every conceivable audience, but other than perhaps the original Universal Monster, no on-screen rendition is more definitive than Stephen ...

NEW YORK -- For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NEW YORK (AP) — For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for ...

Those recipes showed that embalmers had deep knowledge about what substances would help preserve their dead, said Fletcher, whose partner was a co-author on the study. And they included materials from ...

Saqqara Saite Tombs Project, University of Tubingen via AP According to study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure ...