the team ultimately determined that this "golden boy" mummy was armed with 49 amulets, several in the shape of body parts such as the heart and the tongue. “Here we show that this mummy's body ...

Using 21st-century computed tomography (CT) scans, researchers at Cairo University avoid damaging the well-preserved remains ...

A team of scientists has digitally unwrapped the 2,300-year-old mummy using a CT scanner to uncover its secrets. The team found that the so-called "golden boy" was lavishly mummified with gold and ...

Since the museum opened nearly two centuries ago, its basement has functioned as a repository for thousands of mummies unearthed ... Made of gold, stone, quartz and clay, the amulets represented ...