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Tag: Mummies and Mummification

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The Grand Egyptian Museum Is Finally Open. (Well, Mostly.)

April 16, 2025STEPHEN HILTNERComments Off on The Grand Egyptian Museum Is Finally Open. (Well, Mostly.)

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here’s a look inside.

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Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKAComments Off on Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice

As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements. Recent field work yielded a surprisingly intact 3,000-year-old arrow.

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Ufologist Claims to Show Mummified Alien Specimens to Mexico’s Congress

September 13, 2023September 14, 2023Simon RomeroComments Off on Ufologist Claims to Show Mummified Alien Specimens to Mexico’s Congress

In a jaw-dropping presentation, a self-proclaimed ufologist showed members of Congress what he claimed were two mummified specimens of extraterrestrial beings.

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Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors

July 5, 2021Krista LangloisComments Off on Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors

As scientists find more tattoos on preserved remains from Indigenous cultures, artists living today are drawing from them to revive cultural traditions.

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Discovery of Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Is a First, Researchers Say

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021Allyson WallerComments Off on Discovery of Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Is a First, Researchers Say

“It’s like finding a treasure trove while you are picking up mushrooms in a forest,” an archaeologist said. “We are overwhelmed with this discovery.”

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Egyptology Is Having a Big Moment. But Will Tourists Come?

April 24, 2021Abdi Latif DahirComments Off on Egyptology Is Having a Big Moment. But Will Tourists Come?

Tourism in Egypt has been buffeted by political instability and terrorism. But the pandemic has dealt the industry its biggest blow in years.

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Egyptology Is Having a Big Moment. But Will Tourists Come?

April 24, 2021Abdi Latif DahirComments Off on Egyptology Is Having a Big Moment. But Will Tourists Come?

Tourism in Egypt has been buffeted by political instability and terrorism. But the pandemic has dealt the industry its biggest blow in years.

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22 Mummies Are Moved in a Glittering Display in Cairo

April 3, 2021April 4, 2021Mona El-NaggarComments Off on 22 Mummies Are Moved in a Glittering Display in Cairo

But the made-for-TV spectacle also underlined the jarring divide between Egypt’s celebrated past and its uncertain present.

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Archaeologists Find a Mummy With a Golden Tongue

February 3, 2021JACEY FORTINComments Off on Archaeologists Find a Mummy With a Golden Tongue

The tongue, found at a temple on the outskirts of Alexandria, Egypt, was probably meant to help the deceased speak in the afterlife, experts said.

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Egypt Unearths New Mummies Dating Back 2,500 Years

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020ISABELLA KWAIComments Off on Egypt Unearths New Mummies Dating Back 2,500 Years

More than 100 painted wooden coffins, many with bodies, were found in the necropolis of Saqqara, officials said. After several recent finds at the site, it’s the largest discovery there this year.

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