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Worlds first PREGNANT ancient Egyptian mummy: 2,000-year-old corpse found in Thebes was 28 weeks into her pregnancy when she died, scans reveal This mummy, dating back to the 1st century BC, is the first case of a pregnant embalmed body The woman was in her 20s and was between 26 and 30 weeks pregnant when she died, the team said  She was found in the 1800s in the Royal Tombs of Thebes and is on display at the National Museum in Warsaw  The discovery opens up questions related to status of th...

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities said archaeologists excavated the mummy in Saqqara, a town south of Cairo. The Ministry of Antiquities is planning to announce additional details about the discovery at the end of the month. An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa 3,500-year-old item adds details to the only two other guides known — and predates t...

Researchers have unearthed the crucial steps to the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. The oldest surviving manual on mummification discovered is based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus. In ancient Egypt, embalming was considered a sacred art, and knowledge of the process was the preserve of very few individuals.

© Ida Christensen, University of Copenhagen The papyrus contains new evidence of the procedure for embalming the deceaseds face, where the face is covered with a piece of red linen and aromatic substances.Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet d...

In ancient Egypt, embalming was considered a sacred art, and knowledge of the process was the preserve of very few individuals. Most secrets of the art were probably passed on orally from one embalmer to the other, Egyptologists believe, so written e