An international team of researchers has uncovered a previously undiscovered chamber within the Cheops pyramid of Giza. The Cheops pyramid, also known as the Great…
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The mummy was garlanded with ferns and wore a gilded face mask. Credit: SN SALEEM A digital unwrapping has revealed that a 2,300-year-old unopened mummy…
A picture of the tomb, which is located in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan).Credit: University of Jaen and Malaga Perched in the necropolis of…
The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their…
Facemask of the never-before unwrapped mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I. Credit: S. Saleem and Z. Hawass Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy,…
Rare “Mud Carapace” Mortuary Treatment of Egyptian Mummy Uncovered – And a Case of Mistaken Identity
Rare “Mud Carapace” Mortuary Treatment of Egyptian Mummy Uncovered – And a Case of Mistaken Identity
Mummified individual and coffin in the Nicholson Collection of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. A. Mummified individual, encased in a modern sleeve…
Researchers analyzed embalming material from the neck of this Ancient Egyptian mummy, which was acquired by a French museum in 1837. Credit: Frédérique Vincent, ethnographic…
The coiled remains of an Egyptian Cobra, undisturbed for thousands of years. Digitally dissected and revealed beneath the wrappings. Credit:Swansea University Analysis of three mummified…
[embedded content]Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the…
Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of…