Egyptian priestess’ burial chamber unearthed after 4,000 years: ‘Sensational discovery’
A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Named ...
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Two mummies found buried together in ancient middle-class tomb. See the Egyptian site
Exploring an ancient burial complex in southern Egypt, archaeologists unearthed dozens of tombs still filled with coffins, mummies and artifacts. A preliminary analysis of the remains reveals some ...
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Scientists Are Using CT Scanners to Reveal the Secrets of More Than Two Dozen Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum are studying Egyptian mummies using a mobile CT scanner. Earlier this year, they spent ...
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3D scans reveal secrets of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s coffin
Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears ...
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Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
A ceremonial burial would be the final step to send the ... chose to make packets for the organs and reinsert them within the mummies. Within the packets were wax statues of the sons of Horus ...
Lady Chenet-aa’s mummy reveals its secrets to team of researchers
Scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago used advanced scanning technology to uncover new secrets of ...
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8 Kinds of Mummies That Aren’t From Ancient Egypt
Mummies are practically synonymous with Ancient ... around the 9th century BCE to the 1st century CE. In that era, bog burial was likely restricted to outcasts and criminals, as many of the ...
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Scientists Are Using CT Scanners to Reveal the Secrets of More Than Two Dozen Ancient Egyptian Mummies
As CNN’s Ashley Strickland writes, it wasn't unusual for 19th-century researchers to remove wrappings off of bodies in order to see what was inside—ruining the mummy’s burial dressings in ...