A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

The "Book of the Dead" is a modern-day name given to a series of ancient Egyptian texts that the Egyptians believed would help the dead navigate the underworld, as well as serving other purposes.

Archaeologists have uncovered a copy of the "Book of the Dead" in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. The document was used by Egyptian priests to guide the dead to the afterlife. Alongside the scroll ...

A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B.C., is part of several ancient Egyptian funerary scroll fragments collectively known as the Book of the Dead.Credit ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently found an ancient sword belonging to the military of Ramesses II, the pharaoh that scholars believe was referenced in the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian Ministry of ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. A particularly exciting find was a Book of the Dead papyrus scroll ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse ... found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good. "In films and books, terrible things happen ...

About 3,500 years ago, did the Egyptian woman named Webennesre feel comforted at all being accompanied in death by a papyrus now on display at the Getty Villa exhibition “The Egyptian Book of ...