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A grater mission: The world’s oldest cheese sample tells a story of survival
3 days, 22 hours ago

A grater mission: The world’s oldest cheese sample tells a story of survival

Hindustan Times  

When archaeologists discovered mysterious white granules smeared on the heads of Bronze Age mummies, and on the jewellery they wore, they suspected it was some kind of fermented dairy product. A decade later, in 2014, protein analysis had advanced to the point where it could confirm that the granules found on the mummies in Xinjiang, China, were a type of …

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New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were prepared for the afterlife — all without removing a single piece of linen. Morgan Clark/The Field Museum Preparing for the …

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New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were prepared for the afterlife — all without removing a single piece of linen. Morgan Clark/The Field Museum Preparing for the …

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Sex, radiation and mummies: How farms are fighting a pesky almond moth without pesticides
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sex, radiation and mummies: How farms are fighting a pesky almond moth without pesticides

LA Times  

In a windowless shack on the far outskirts of Fresno, an ominious red glow illuminates a lab filled with X-ray machines, shelves of glowing boxes, a quietly humming incubator and a miniature wind tunnel. One new study found that the impact of nearby pesticide use on cancer incidence “may rival that of smoking.” “When you have to don a spacesuit, …

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Unearthing Aswan's 'City of the Dead': 1,400 Mummies Breathe Life into Egypt's Storied Past
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Unearthing Aswan's 'City of the Dead': 1,400 Mummies Breathe Life into Egypt's Storied Past

Deccan Chronicle  

Archaeologists have found a massive "City of the Dead" in Egypt that holds secrets about an ancient civilization. Discovering a sizable necropolis in the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan that contains over 1,400 centuries-old mummies has been hailed as a remarkable archaeological discovery. Like a "City of the Dead," this incredible find sheds new light on the colourful past and …

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When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

Egypt Mummies Coffins
When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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Peru ‘alien mummies are just…': Scientists reveal truth behind bizarre mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Peru ‘alien mummies are just…': Scientists reveal truth behind bizarre mystery

Hindustan Times  

Peru's “alien mummies” mystery has confounded the world since last October after a pair of these mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru's capital Lima. Peru Alien Mummies: Remains of an alleged extraterrestrial alien seen in Lima. Experts ruled out any connection to alien life whatsoever as Flavio Estrada, an archeologist with Peru's Institute for Legal Medicine and Forensic …

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Mexico's ‘alien mummies’ are 'unknown species', experts put forth shocking claims and raises new questions
1 year ago

Mexico's ‘alien mummies’ are 'unknown species', experts put forth shocking claims and raises new questions

Hindustan Times  

Two months after two 'non-human' mummies were showcased to the world with claims that they may be extraterrestrial, now there experts have put forth ‘proof’ to suggest that those corpses were not fake and could be non-humans. One of the two ‘non-human alien corpses’ displayed at Mexico Congress/@iohmbra) In September this year, the official unveiling of the ‘alien’ bodies was …

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The Monks who embalmed themselves
1 year, 5 months ago

The Monks who embalmed themselves

New Indian Express  

In fact, the temple at Mt Yudono is no temple; since the mountain itself is deemed one, it cannot be fitted into a shrine. Another esoteric part of the Yudono travelogue is sokushinbutsu or ‘Buddhas in Their Very Body’. They are bodies of monks enshrined in special temples: mummified figures with skeletal features, and dehydrated, almost desiccated, skin and postures …

Sudan fighters take over Khartoum museum, director says
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan fighters take over Khartoum museum, director says

The Hindu  

Sudanese paramilitary fighters have taken over the national museum in Khartoum, its deputy director said on Saturday, raising fears for the safety of important artefacts including ancient mummies amidst a deadly war. Members of the Rapid Support Forces group that has been fighting the army for seven weeks for control of Sudan entered the museum on Friday, said deputy director …

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Mummy on display at a museum in Mexico has 'fungal growths' that could spread to visitors
1 year, 8 months ago

Mummy on display at a museum in Mexico has 'fungal growths' that could spread to visitors

Daily Mail  

A preserved corpse that was unintentionally mummified in the 1800s and is now on display in Mexico may have 'fungal growths' that could spread to visitors, experts have warned. Warning: A preserved corpse that was unintentionally mummified in the 1800s and is now on display in Mexico may have 'fungal growths' that could spread to visitors, experts have said A …

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Embalming recipes used on Egyptian mummies at ancient workshop near pyramids decoded
1 year, 10 months ago

Embalming recipes used on Egyptian mummies at ancient workshop near pyramids decoded

ABC  

Mix exotic tree resins with cedar or juniper oil, add some castor oil, animal fats or beeswax, then apply to the head. Key points: Researchers analysed embalming vessels found at a mummification workshop dated between 664 BC and 525 BC near the Saqqara pyramid They found several different ingredients were used for different parts of the body Some of the …

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How to make a mummy: An ancient Egyptian workshop holds new clues
1 year, 10 months ago

How to make a mummy: An ancient Egyptian workshop holds new clues

LA Times  

An illustration depicts a priest during an embalming process in an underground chamber in Saqqara, Egypt. “It’s like a time machine, really,” said Joann Fletcher, an archaeologist at University of York who was not involved with the study. “It’s allowed us to not quite see over the shoulders of the ancient embalmers, but probably as close as we’ll ever get.” …

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Coloured portraits of mummies unearthed in Egypt
2 years ago

Coloured portraits of mummies unearthed in Egypt

The Hindu  

Archaeologists from Egypt have unearthed two fully-coloured portraits and fragmentary pieces of a few others in Gerza, located about 120 km from Cairo. Other artefacts like mummies, papyri, pottery and coffins were also found at the Gerza excavation site, in Fayoum, which dated back to the Ptolemaic era spanning 305 BC to 30 BC followed by the Roman era from …

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Alia Bhatt to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan; yummy mummies of Bollywood | Photos
2 years, 1 month ago

Alia Bhatt to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan; yummy mummies of Bollywood | Photos

India TV News  

Image Source : Twitter/@writer_liltash 1/6 Alia Bhatt is the newest to join the club of yummy mummies in Bollywood. Image Source : Twitter/@TheAsifAli 2/6 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, one of the most beautiful women on this planet embraced motherhood with grace. Image Source : Instagram/@kareenakapoorkhan 4/6 Kareena Kapur Khan, the daughter-in-law of the Pataudi family is a mother of two naughty …

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March of The Mummies: Sarah Solemani warns childcare crisis is damaging couples’ relationships
2 years, 1 month ago

March of The Mummies: Sarah Solemani warns childcare crisis is damaging couples’ relationships

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And the vying for whose career is more important.” The mother of two warns …

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Halloween-themed March of the Mummies seeks childcare reform
2 years, 1 month ago

Halloween-themed March of the Mummies seeks childcare reform

Associated Press  

LONDON — Protesters in Halloween costumes marched in cities around Britain on Saturday to demand more affordable child care. The March of the Mummies was called to demand reforms to U.K. rules on childcare, parental leave and flexible working that organizers say keep many parents – mostly mothers – from returning to the workforce. Among the placards and banners were …

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Archaeologists unearth eight colonial-era mummies in Peru
2 years, 2 months ago

Archaeologists unearth eight colonial-era mummies in Peru

India Today  

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed eight centuries-old mummies at a site in the country's capital, an important find that experts say could point a colonial-era cemetery. Archaeologists on Tuesday were hard at work in Lima's Park of Legends on the coast of central Peru, carefully cleaning the ancient preserved corpses found under the site, including the remains of children. Park …

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Archaeologists unearth eight colonial-era mummies in Peru
2 years, 2 months ago

Archaeologists unearth eight colonial-era mummies in Peru

The Hindu  

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed eight centuries-old mummies at a site in the country's capital, an important find that experts say could point a colonial-era cemetery. Archaeologists on Tuesday were hard at work in Lima's Park of Legends on the coast of central Peru, carefully cleaning the ancient preserved corpses found under the site, including the remains of children. Park …

Peru
Archaeologists unearth 250 coffins with mummies from Egypt's Saqqara
2 years, 6 months ago

Archaeologists unearth 250 coffins with mummies from Egypt's Saqqara

India Today  

Archaeologists have come across a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artifacts which have been released to the world for the first time. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that the 250 coffins, 150 bronze statues, and other objects dated to the Late Period, about 500 BC. Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the artifacts …

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Ancient Human DNA Found in Nit Glue on Mummies Reveals South American History
2 years, 11 months ago

Ancient Human DNA Found in Nit Glue on Mummies Reveals South American History

News 18  

If you have ever had hair lice and have tried to get rid of the nits, you know well how difficult it is. Just in the way Jurassic Park portrayed the DNA of dinosaurs being preserved by mosquitos that had sucked their blood, the cement used by the lice to stick to the head preserved high quality ancient DNA from …

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