The very lifeblood of the ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures—the Nile—also likely brought a range of debilitating diseases upon the civilizations. And the mummies are now telling us all about it.

EGYPT (WLS) -- Scientists in Egypt have "unwrapped" a mummy that is thousands of years old. They unwrapped the mummy without touching it because the 3,500-year-old mummified remains of the Pharaoh ...

Three thousand years ago, a blind poet sang of heroes fighting in the epic Trojan War. Many centuries later, Roman-era ...

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 ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the first such find since King Tutankhamun’s resting place was unearthed in 1922, Egyptian officials announced this week.

The world's oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper arm of a male mummy, ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. What sounds like the plot ...