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'Sleeping Beauty' Mummy Buried with Riches and Snacks for the Afterlife
June 26, 2018 | ArticleAbout 2,000 years ago, during the time Jesus supposedly walked the Earth, people buried a young woman wearing a silk skirt in a stone grave.
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Ötzi the Iceman Had Just Sharpened His Tools Days Before His Murder
June 20, 2018 | ArticleDays before his violent murder in the Italian Alps about 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the iceman re-sharpened his tools, likely with his right hand, according to a new analysis of the cut marks on his belongings.
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This 'Hawk Mummy' Was Actually Human
May 31, 2018 | ArticleTurns out, beneath the carefully wrapped cartonnage was a stillborn fetus from ancient Egypt.
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Ötzi the Iceman Was a Heart Attack Waiting to Happen
May 30, 2018 | ArticleIf a modern heart doctor could give medical advice to the iceman Ötzi — the man who was preserved as a mummy in the Alps — it would be this: Stop eating so much fatty meat and consider taking medications that lower your blood pressure and cholesterol.
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Construction Workers in Iran Find Mummy That May Be Father of Last Shah
May 07, 2018 | ArticleFor those in power, however, the return of a dead shah represents a threat.
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'Space Alien' Mummy Spurs DNA Debate
April 07, 2018 | ArticleThe remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently reported research. These findings were supposed to end the controversy but they ignited a new one.
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This 4,000-Year-Old Mummy Just Solved a Century-Old Mystery
April 02, 2018 | ArticleA team of forensic scientists has managed to extract DNA from a 4,000-year-old mummy, and their finding has solved a century-old mystery of its ransacked tomb.
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Archaeologists Were Surprised to Find the Mummy of an Egyptian Priestess in This 'Empty' Coffin
March 28, 2018 | ArticleAn ancient Egyptian coffin, previously thought to be empty, holds the mummified remains of an Egyptian priestess who lived 2,500 years ago.
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These 'Alien' Mummies Appear to Be a Mix of Looted Body Parts
March 16, 2018 | ArticleBizarre images of three-fingered "mummies" seem to be a collection of parts stolen from actual human mummies in Peru.
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Oldest Tattooed Woman Is an Egyptian Mummy
March 03, 2018 | ArticleAn archaeologist who followed a hunch has discovered the oldest figural tattoos in the world on the bodies of two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.
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