Mummies
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Pristine DNA recovered from 1,600-year-old sheep mummyThe sheep specimen is a rare example of "natural" mummification.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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Glitzy parade of 22 mummified pharaohs fills Cairo streetsThe 22 mummies included 18 kings and four queens.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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Ancient papyrus holds the world’s oldest guide to mummificationA newly discovered instruction manual for embalming mummies in ancient Egypt contains the earliest known description of these mysterious techniques.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Never-before-seen 'mud mummy' from Egypt discovered in wrong coffinAn ancient Egyptian mummy was damaged and then wrapped in an unusual mud carapace.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Mummy with a gold tongue found in EgyptArchaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.
By Owen Jarus Published
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Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's trading partnerAncient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for monthsA man who died of constipation more than 1,000 years ago survived on just grasshoppers for months, his mummy has revealed.
By Owen Jarus Published
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Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precisionHigh-energy X-ray scans of an intact Egyptian mummy mapped a detailed glimpse of the bones and objects inside.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Mummy count continues to grow at ancient Egypt burial siteThe number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing, archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities reported.
By Owen Jarus Published
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