A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force trauma to its head.

The discovery sheds new light on a lesser-known region of Egypt, offering insight into the daily life and reach of royal influence beyond the Nile Valley., especially involving some of Ancient ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...