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Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest wine! Just one little twist—it comes with a side of ancient bones
When it comes to wines, we all know that the older the bottle, the finer (and pricier!) the taste. …
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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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Scientists thought an ancient tomb had been lost 170 years ago until one expert discovered it practically right in his backyard
For over 170 years, a 4,000-year-old tomb in Ireland was believed to be lost. A researcher recogniz…
Jenny McGrath
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Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China's first emperor because they fear booby traps
An ancient Chinese historian wrote that the tomb was filled with mercury and crossbows ready to fir…
Alia Shoaib
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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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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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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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Archaeologists say they've found the full skeleton of a giant panda in a Chinese emperor's 2000-year-old tomb
The panda's skeleton was found facing the tomb of Emperor Wen, the fifth ruler of the Western Han D…
Matthew Loh
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Photos show 10 mummified crocodiles found in an Egyptian tomb, likely after being sacrificed
The crocodiles were likely sacrificed to reach Sobek, the god of fertility, an archaeologist told I…
Marianne Guenot
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Scientists found 192 spines threaded on poles in Peru, a macabre practice that may be a response to Europeans pillaging graves
192 examples of these spines reconstituted after burial were found. This would have happened around…
Marianne Guenot
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'Magical' nails found in a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb were meant to stop the restless dead from haunting the living, archaeologists say
The burial site, found at Sagalassos in Turkey, contained 41 bent nails that were believed to have …
Marianne Guenot
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Inside a nuclear tomb: The underground store that's humanity's first attempt to dispose of nuclear waste for 100,000 years
Finland is on the cusp of turning that into reality, beating countries like China, the US, and the …
Marianne Guenot
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Inside a nuclear tomb: The underground store that's humanity's first attempt to dispose of nuclear waste for 100,000 years
Finland is on the cusp of turning that into reality, beating countries like China, the US, and the …
Marianne Guenot
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Battling Covid even in the afterlife — paper vaccines and masks are being offered to the dead during the Qingming 'Tomb Sweeping' Festival
"During this time last year, Covid patients were dying, and many of them didn't have access to vacc…
Waiyee Yip
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Archaeologists have discovered an Egyptian mummy buried with a golden tongue
In a temple outside Alexandria, Egypt, diggers uncovered 16 burial shafts that contained 2,000-year…
Aylin Woodward
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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…