More: Mystery solved! Alien mummy is a human after all In the 1990s, Jones studied ancient mummy wrappings dating to about 6,600 years ago.

Read previous columns here. According to a recent CNN report, a number of British museums are seeking to avoid the use of the word “mummy” in descriptions of human remains from ancient Egypt.

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[See Photos of the Mummies & Mummy Wrappings] The harsh environment definitely encouraged preservation, and may have even inspired mummification practices in the first place.

Several mummies with gold chips for tongues were uncovered at the Quweisna necropolis, dating between 300 BCE and 640 BCE, in Egypt’s central Nile Delta.

Mummy Yields Earliest Known Egyptian Embalming Recipe The salve predates the peak of mummification in the region by some 2,500 years.

Researchers in Egypt used digital technology to ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years.

Archeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,300 year-old mummy — possibly the oldest one ever found in the country — during an extraordinary dig near Cairo, officials announced Thursday.

Inside, they found what Hawass said was the oldest non-royal mummy ever discovered in Egypt. It was also the oldest mummy wrapped in gold leaf ever found in the country, he added.

Fascinated by the “screaming woman” who died 3,500 years ago, researchers used CT scans other techniques to understand what might have caused her striking expression.

CAIRO, Egypt - An excavation team of Egyptian archaeologists have recently made several discoveries — including a 4,000-year-old burial plot and the most intact mummy ever found. Zahi Hawass ...