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Can ancient germs from dug-up Egyptian mummies trigger a plague or pandemic today?
Do ancient Egyptian mummies harbour deadly plagues ready to wreak havoc in the modern world? Here's…
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How to eat like an ancient Olympic athlete: figs, feta, and liver
Max Miller of "Tasting History" created a recipe from Ancient Greece in honor of the games' early a…
Jenny McGrath
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From the sands of time: 4,000-year-old skulls reveal how ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer!
Ancient Egyptian medical practices were incredibly advanced for their time. These early medical pra…
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Napoleon stranded a bunch of scientists in Egypt and now we have modern archaeology
Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to use Egypt's history for France's benefit. He sent savants to record it…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution
Mummified birds brought back from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt led to a debate about transformism, …
Jenny McGrath
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7 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
Over 150 scientists went with Napoleon Bonaparte when he invaded Egypt. They mapped pyramids, disse…
Jenny McGrath
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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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An ancient Egyptian book of spells to guide the dead in the afterlife was found buried with mummies
The scroll, which was revealed as part of a presentation of archaeological finds from the Tuna al-G…
Marianne Guenot
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A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain
The discovery in the North Desert Cemetery of Amarna, Egypt, could shed light on how ancient Egypti…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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2,000 mummified ram heads left in honor of Egypt's most powerful pharaoh are found inside an ancient temple
The mummified finds were discovered in the King Ramses II Temple of Abydos, located roughly 270 mil…
Bethany Dawson
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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.
Mummified baboons found in Egypt puzzled scientists because they weren't native to the area. Resear…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Sunken ancient temples were found in a mysterious underwater city, with Egyptian and Greek treasures
The temple was once part of a legendary city that disappeared after it sunk into the Mediterranean,…
Marianne Guenot
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Eyeliner dates back to ancient Egypt. Since then it's been used to beautify, resist, and bring us closer to god.
Zahra Hankir's "Eyeliner: A Cultural History" chronicles the cosmetic's surprising historical roots.
Raquel Laneri
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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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2,600-year-old pots of cheese found at the ancient necropolis of Egypt's pharaohs
The cheese, which researchers identified as halloumi, was found in a new round of excavations in th…
Alia Shoaib
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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …
Jenny McGrath
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Egypt unearths tombs and workshops where humans and sacred animals were mummified in the age of the pharaohs
The workshops unearthed near Cairo are where humans and sacred animals were mummified 2,400 years a…
Alia Shoaib
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18 ancient Egyptian human skulls are being auctioned for $250 each, in a grim sale of colonial spoils
Auctoneers are selling 18 ancient Egyptian skulls from the famed Pitt Rivers collections for $250 e…