Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of mummification materials—the largest of its kind ever unearthed—dating back 2,500 years, reported Kamal Tabikha of the National last month. The trove ...

For many people, mummies and mummification evoke a sense of the macabre — conjuring images of a grotesque, linen-wrapped monstrosity shambling through an ancient temple. Indeed, for many decades ...