Scientists who examined a pregnant mummy explained why they think no others had been found. It might have to do with a chemical reaction that dissolves the bones of unborn children. It makes them ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first known example of a pregnant mummy. The ancient remains are said date to the first century B.C. and were discovered in Thebes back in 1826—but experts had long ...

A mummy long believed to belong to a male priest was revealed through medical imaging to be a pregnant woman with a fetus ...

The researchers expected to discover the remains of a male priest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have discovered ...

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Forensic scientists reveal the face of the world's first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy. The Warsaw Mummy Project is composed of a group of archaeologists from the University of Warsaw and was ...

Polish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and computer tests revealed instead it was a mummy of a woman who had been ...