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Move 3 Egyptian mummies to check DNA
The Egyptian government recently announced that three mummies have been transferred from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for extensive r…
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Revealing the true face of Pharaon Tutankhamun
For the first time since the mysteriously mysterious death more than 3,000 years ago, the true face of the ancient Egyptian emperor Tutankhamun was displayed for public…
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Display mummy 500 year old virgin
Hundreds of people flocked to the Salta Museum, Argentina, to admire the mummy of a 15-year-old Inca girl who was dropped from a volcano as a sacrifice 500 years ago.
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Secret of a mummy
The dead body had no broken bones, the skull part was not chipped and had a full tooth. There is no evidence of previous vitamin or injury deficiency. Under CT scanners,…
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The world's largest mummy exhibition opens
Mummies of adults and children worldwide are on display at a new exhibition opened in the city of Mannheim, Germany. A famous critic in this country said the incident we…
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Important findings about ancient Egypt
The mummy of a child, the dwarf statue, or the trail of a missing ancient city are some of what has been found about the mysterious ancient Egyptian world.
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Detecting fake toes in an Egyptian mummy
An English female researcher is looking to determine if a fake big toe discovered in an Egyptian mummy since 2000 is the first prosthetic part in history.
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Detecting salt mummies from 1,800 years ago
During the period of the Roman Empire, only after the collapse of ancient Persia (present-day Iran), a salt mine worker in northwestern Iran was killed after a catastrop…
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Identify the famous Egyptian queen mummy
Egyptologists claim that they have identified Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, found in a shabby grave in the Valley of the Kings.
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Egypt: Identify the identity of mummies more than 3,000 years old
On June 27, Egyptian archaeologists in Cairo said they had identified the identity of the more than 3,000-year-old mummy discovered in 1903. That's the female mummy coug…
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The Egyptian queen is both fat and bald
Last week, an Egyptian official claimed to have found the mummy of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh in the 15th century BC. Now they discover that the queen is obese and is…
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Discover the mummy of a young mammoth
After thousands of years buried in permafrost in northwest Siberia, the tiny mammoth is now put to the surface, and may be the best specimen of this genre. Confirmation…
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Get the wrong pharaoh
All ancient Egyptian royal mummies will be rechecked after scientists discovered a person was mistaken for a pharaoh. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian…
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Healing art of Pharaohs
Near the massive burial complex of Abusimbel (in southern Egypt), British archaeologists stumbled upon a small tomb in which three mummies were dried. Each mummy is abou…
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Accidentally turned into ... mummy
The intact dried corpses were found in the city of Guanajuato (Mexico) without a noble background from the royal court. In contrast, they belong to the poorest class of…