Egyptology

Our knowledge of the ancient world owes a lot to chance discoveries. Here, we share the stories of some of the most important and unlikely finds from ancient Western history

Less charming than Charlton, more eh-what-now than epic, the latest version of a cinema classic should be consigned to the annals of history

An Indiana Jones lookalike left 60 boxes to a University of Melbourne museum. Inside, researchers found a clue to the mystery of the museum’s mummified Egyptian head.

Modern technology and research restores an ancient Egyptian woman, Meritamun, creating a unique teaching tool for medicine and health science

In the museum world, ancient Egypt is a perennial crowd pleaser, but the display of human remains - even those that are several thousand years old - requires careful thought