In 1980, to the dismay of Egyptologists around the world, President Anwar Sadat closed down the Egyptian Museum's Royal Mummy Room, which housed the mummified remains of 27 kings and queens of Egypt.

American tourists look at the mummy of Pharaoh King Ramses II, who ruled Egypt for about 66 years (1279-1213 BC) at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's first ancient DNA lab, funded by the ...

CAIRO -- Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3 ...