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Found an intact brain from medieval times
Scientists have identified intact neurons in a brain of a mummy that has been preserved since the 13th century.
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Decipher the mysterious death of the famous Egyptian king
Young Emperor Tutankhamun, whose life and death attracted the attention of the scientific community for nearly a century, died of bone disease and malaria.
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Find strange wrap in Egyptian mummies
The biggest surprise came from an autopsy of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy that scientists discovered a small envelope in the abdomen, believed to be a mummy of a bird.
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Heart disease 3,500 years ago
Researchers at the Central American Heart Center in Kansas City have discovered that many mummies around 3,500 years old also show signs of cardiovascular disease.
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Discover animal mummies in Egypt
Wrapped in linen and reverently resting, animal mummies contain amazing mysteries about life and death in ancient Egypt.
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Detected 33 mummies 600 years old
Archaeologists have discovered 33 mummies of the Incas in northern Peru, believed to have been killed to sacrifice gods about 600 years ago.
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CT scan to find the sex of the mummy
The identity, the cause of death and the unique type of burial of mummies has always been a mystery for centuries.
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Break 53 tons of rocks to find beautiful mummies
Archaeologists discovered a series of ancient tombs that contained intact, still-decorated mummies.
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Puppy mummy in the crypt
A small package was found at the foot of an Egyptian mummy in a tomb carved with the phrase
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Close-up of famous European ice men
Scientists have just made a project to take 150,000 high-resolution photos of the Otzi tape.
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'Amulet' blue stone in Egyptian mummy
Ancient Egyptians believed that colors had sacred power, when many times discovered green stones were wrapped in mummies of children.
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Detecting 30 mummies in an ancient crypt
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 intact mummies in a limestone coffin, at a 4,300-year-old crypt, sinking deep underground 11m.
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Discover rare mummies with strange artifacts and tattoos
The male mummy discovered in the town of Rontoy in Peru has pieces of metal on his eyes - this is a sign of his social position. The mummy was removed from the cloth in…
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Detecting Greek mummies in coffins with lead
The mummy of a middle-aged woman dating from ancient Greece was discovered in a coffin by lead in another stone casket. The first clear information is the Greek mummy fr…
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King Tutankhamun may have a daughter
Egyptian scientists are examining the DNA of two embalmed fetuses found in Tutankhamun's tomb to find out if they are children of the young emperor.