Cat and beetle mummies found inside newly discovered Pharaonic tombs
According to an Egyptian antiquities official, archaeologists have uncovered remnants of seven ancient tombs in proximity to the pyramid complex in Saqqara, near modern Cairo….
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2,000-year-old sleeping beauty buried with silk and ornate mirror discovered in Siberia
Archaeological investigation in the southern part of Siberia has brought to light the mummified remains of a woman, buried in silk and surrounded by riches….
The mysterious case of the ancient Egyptian ‘Screaming Mummy’
An ancient mummy with its mouth agape and tensed visage, almost frozen in time that sadistically captures its terror and pain, is the stuff of…
DNA sequencing solves the 4,000-year old mystery of the ‘Two Brothers’ Egyptian mummies
The Two Brothers Egyptian mummies (dated from circa 1880 BC) exhibited at the Manchester Museum are considered among the oldest and best-known of all human…
Linen-wrapped Egyptian mummy discovered inside a 3500-year old tomb in Luxor
This week, we talked about the findings of 27 regal statues of ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet at Luxor. Well, as it turns out, the veritable…
Face of a 4,500 year old mummy found in Peru digitally reconstructed
Last year, archaeologists came across a 4,500-year-old mummy of a woman at Aspero, in Peru – and she was given the moniker of the ‘Lady…
900-year old mummified head of a ‘Siberian beauty’ baffles us with her intact eyelashes
Buried in a snugly-woven cocoon of copper and fur, the eerie profile of a 12th century AD female corpse head has surprised archaeologists. Theorized to…
Ancient Egyptian female sported fascinatingly ornate tattoos, as discovered from her 3,000-year old mummy
Back in 2016, a team of archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian mummy with symbolic tattoos that, they believed, were the first of their kind….
Israel exhibits ‘Alex’ – an ancient Egyptian mummy with ‘modern-day’ sedentary ailments
Tooth decay, osteoporosis, heart disease and lack of sun exposure – these were the series of ailments that afflicted an ancient Egyptian priest 2,200 years…
Some ancient Egyptians possibly bleached their skins, as evidenced by a skin disorder
A 3,500-year old mummy head alludes to how ancient Egyptians probably had a penchant for make-up and cosmetic procedures. Belonging to a young (around 20-25…
