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Could the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb be caused by fungi?
When people associated with excavating Tutankhamun's tomb started dying shortly after visiting, som…
Jenny McGrath
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An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh
Researchers excavating Meret-Neith;s grave in Abydos, Egypt, say that the sheer extravagance they h…
Marianne Guenot
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Tombs filled with severed hands suggest warriors in ancient Egypt mutilated their enemies to get war trophies
The hands were likely taken from dead enemies and brought back to the king by soldiers to claim a p…
Marianne Guenot
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Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a 4,200-year-old funerary temple for a queen and 50 coffins in an ancient city of the dead
Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for millennia. Archaeologists have found the funerary temple…
Aylin Woodward
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Archaeologists unearthed 160 sarcophagi from an ancient Egyptian necropolis. Some of the tombs were inscribed with mummy curses.
Saqqara, an ancient Egyptian city of the dead, has yielded countless mummies. The walls of some tom…
Aylin Woodward
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Want To Vacation Abroad? These 12 Places Are Creating The Buzz These Holidays
For Indians, overseas travel no
longer means the ritual rush through Bangkok or Singapore – the
glo…
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Watch Alicia Vikander wield an array of deadly weapons in the action-packed trailer for 'Tomb Raider'
In the trailer for the "Tomb Raider" reboot, we see Croft come upon a video left for her by her fat…
Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
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Scientists say they're 90% sure they've found a hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb - and they have a theory on who it might belong to
Scientists think they've discovered a hidden tomb behind King Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Since s…
Emmanuel Ocbazghi
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King Tut's dagger was likely forged from a falling star
The researchers used X-rays to analyze the chemical signatures of the knife and found that it has h…
Ali Sundermier
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Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is
Archaeologists used high-tech methods to find a strange L-shaped structure in Giza, Egypt. Above gr…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists warn against the 'poor scientific practices' of assuming all ancient societies were male-led after an 'ivory man' is found to be an 'ivory woman'
A chemical analysis found that a noble from Spain's copper age was actually a woman who may have be…
Hannah Getahun
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10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert
TV and movies shape how we look at history, but did they get it right? Here are 10 ancient-Egypt fa…
Marianne Guenot,Carter Thallon
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I studied at Yale and Cambridge University. The elite colleges offered me secret societies, maids, and formal balls.
A student attended Yale and Cambridge and was amazed at the elite privileges, like secret societies…
Connie Cheung
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A 3,000-year-old arrowhead found in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, but its exact origins are still puzzling scientists
The Bronze Age arrowhead was found near a meteorite debris field in Switzerland. It's made from a m…
Mia Jankowicz
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A mummy unearthed in Egypt wrapped in 'layers of gold' may be the oldest ever discovered, archeologists said
The 4,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, covered in gold leaf, and many other ancient artifacts, was dis…
Isobel van Hagen
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My 30th birthday falls on Father's Day. I don't even know how many years it's been since we stopped talking.
The author shares how the last time she spoke to her dad was 11 days after her birthday and Father'…
Xandra Harbet
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Largest-ever stash of mummy-embalming tools found in Egypt, may have been for lavish funeral 2,600 years ago
The discovery in Absuir, Egypt, is vast in its scale and could unpick some of the many mysteries of…
Marianne Guenot
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2,300-year-old 'golden boy' mummy was found with 49 amulets, including a gold tongue to let him speak with the gods
The amulets, made from gold and semi-precious stones, were meant to protect the boy, who was about …