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Archaeologists were stunned when they discovered the mummy of a mysterious woman in a tomb for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Who was this woman?
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How did Egyptian mummies remove the brain from the body?
Ancient Egyptian mummies likely did not pull out brain fragments with hooks when preparing the body for the afterlife.
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Scientists use scanners to study Egyptian mummies and solve 3,000-year-old mystery!
Recently, thanks to advanced scanning technology, American scientists have clarified many mysteries surrounding the mummy of Meresamun - an ancient Egyptian priestess wh…
Archeology
Accidentally taking a CT scan, an expert discovered the secret of 3 mummies lying inside each other, causing curiosity from 115 years ago
Scientists say this is the first mummy of its kind to be discovered.
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Video: The 'supreme' mummification process of the ancient Egyptians
This process not only shows meticulousness, but also contains many secrets about the spirituality and religion of the ancient Egyptians.
Archeology
Special brown color made from crushed Egyptian mummies
Mummy brown was first made in the 16th century from crushed mummy powder, white powder, and myrrh and was loved by many artists.
Archeology
Why did the ancients put portraits on the face of an Egyptian mummy?
Experts have found a number of portrait paintings placed on the face of an Egyptian mummy. This makes many people curious why the ancient Egyptians did this.
Archeology
Discovered 20 'innovative' Egyptian mummies with different bloodlines
A large mausoleum in Aswan has given scientists 20 mummified Egyptians but not Egyptians, who were forgotten centuries after tomb robbers carried away all the treasure.
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For the first time, a bandage wound was discovered in an Egyptian mummy
A CT scan of a mummy dating back millennia has provided further insight into ancient medical methods.
Archeology
Decipher the mystery of how to preserve the fetus in a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences carried out the Warsaw Mummy Project – scanning all the mummies in the museum and discovered the world's first fetal m…
Archeology
High winds exposed 2000-year-old mummies in the sand that surprised archaeologists
Archaeologists are like 'digging gold' when they accidentally discovered 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummies exposed beneath the hot, thick sand.
Archeology
Inside the 3,400-year-old mummy coffin just opened in Egypt
Egyptian authorities opened two 3,400-year-old mummified coffins on Sept. 21 to restore them to their perfect preservation.
Archeology
60 ancient Egyptian mummies buried secret scary death
More than 4,000 years ago in Egypt, dozens of people died from terrible wounds that were embalmed and 'locked up' in the cliff near Luxor province.
Archeology
Discover dozens of 2,000-year-old mummies in Egypt
Polish archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old mummy collection during excavations in a large graveyard in Saqqara, northern Egypt.