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Did ancient Egyptian princesses use weapons? Controversial study claims they hunted or trained with the military, but not all experts agree.Nearly 4,000-year-old skeletal remains show that several royal women repeatedly used their upper-body muscles. Researchers link those changes to archery and weapon training, but outside experts urge caution.
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18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold 'tongues' discovered along the Mediterranean coastArchaeologists have found 18 tombs at an ancient Egyptian site by the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
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'He looked like Ramses the Great': How experimental archaeologists used ancient techniques to mummify a modern-day personExcerpt In his new book, "Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations," science writer Sam Kean explains the odd and intriguing world of experimental archaeologists.
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Bead net funerary shroud: A 2,500-year-old beaded veil from Egypt depicting the deceased's transformation into OsirisAstonishing Artifacts This funerary shroud was made from thousands of multicolored beads and woven to represent a human face and a large scarab beetle.
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Great Pyramid of Giza is remarkably resilient to earthquakes —‬ and it's due to the ancient Egyptians' 'extraordinary' engineering knowledgeThe Great Pyramid of Giza has survived for more than 4,600 years despite nearby earthquakes, and new research reveals why.
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Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboonsAstonishing Artifacts An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant.
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discoverA papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water ritualsThe temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.
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Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in LuxorA stone slab depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius was found during restoration work at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor.
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