Have you ever wondered what mummies smell like? A team of researchers from England has addressed this question. The answers from specially trained human "sniffers": "woody", followed by "spicy ...

Built around 2630 BC, the Pyramid of Djoser is the world's oldest and most iconic pyramid. Located in Saqqara, Egypt, it was built for the Pharaoh Djoser and is the first known pyramid of its kind ...

But radar and topographic data of the sites revealed the inlets’ riverbeds as well as the causeways that led to the pyramids of Pepi II and Merenre. The causeways of several other pyramids ...

The museum also includes the oldest known royal mummy, belonging to King Merenre I, the fourth ruler of the 6th Dynasty, and showcases the oldest collection of bronze surgical instruments dating back ...

The most important is the mummy of King Merenre, which is the oldest royal mummy in history and dates back to the 6th dynasty, almost 2,300 years BC," continues Mohamed Youssef. The Imhotep Museum ...

Waziry said that what made this museum unique is that it includes the oldest royal mummy ever for King Merenre I (ca. 2297-2292 BC), the fourth king of the 6th Dynasty (c. 2325–c. 2150 BC). The oldest ...

2700–2200 BC) and First Intermediate (c.2181–2055 BC) eras. The tombs were excavated near the Pyramid of Merenre, which was built during the Sixth Dynasty, and belonged to “top officials ...

All five tombs were found to the northwest of the pyramid of pharaoh Merenre I (reigned circa 2255 to 2246 B.C.) who ruled during the sixth dynasty. The pyramid is in poor condition, and work on ...

They are reportedly more than four thousand years old. The tombs were discovered close to the pyramid of King Merenre I and also contained big stone coffins, as well as wooden coffins and other ...