Around 2,600 years ago, a small ceramic bowl sat in a subterranean workshop. Carrying hints of cedar and honey, the bowl was used by Egyptian embalmers to blend essential oils and beeswax for the ...

The first mummy, it is said, was the god Osiris--brother and husband of Isis--who was slain and dismembered by his brother Seth. The pieces of Osiris's body were then distributed throughout Egypt. But ...