The mummies tested in the study spanned almost the entire history of ancient Egypt, ranging from 2000 BCE to 295 CE. On the whole, the researchers found that mummies from the same historical period ...

Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ...

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PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MUMMIES -- The Background of the Manchester Mummy Project / ROSALIE DAVID -- Egyptian Mummies: An Overview / ROSALIE DAVID -- PART 2: DIET, DISEASE ...

A 3,000-year-old mummified crocodile is giving us a peek into the strange and fascinating world of ancient Egyptian rituals. Thanks to X-ray and CT scan technology, researchers have been able to ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...

"An appropriate ornament of the operating room" : Padihershef and the beginnings of mummymania in nineteenth-century America -- "As cheap as candidates for the presidency" : Egyptian mummies in early ...

The bodies were arranged into crouched positions, then propped over or placed near a fire to slowly dehydrate. Australian National University New research suggests the world’s oldest mummies aren’t ...