Excavators studying ancient Egyptian tombs discovered that even the ultra-wealthy suffered from disease and malnutrition

Mission of the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (EIMAWA)

Egyptians were mummifying their dead long before the time of the pyramids. And some of those tombs remain today, filled with food, art, treasure, and bodies that are still well-preserved more than 2,000 years later.