Scientists have discovered the oldest tattoo ever found on a mummy. The mummy tattoos were found on the mummy of "Otzi", a 5300-year-old frozen iceman that was found in the Alps in 1991. The iceman tattoos were drawn with firesoot. The discovery of the mummy tattoos was made...
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Who would have thought the world's best preserved mummy is not from Egypt or from the Aztecs BUT from China? Known as Lady Dai, this Western Han Dynasty's noblewomen was buried in style. She was buried in the innermost of four nested lacquer coffins with a vertitable wealth...
20-Foot long Leonardo, a four-legged duck-billed platypus was found in Montana in 2000, and a documetary about the Brachylophosaurus is to be shown on FOX on sunday. In the meantime, the NOWPUBLIC...
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"Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday. The two tiny female fetuses, between...
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This CCTV image was one of the earliest clues in the search for Madeleine McCann. Taken at a petrol station on the A22 motorway, which runs east to west across the Algarve, it shows a young blonde girl hand in...
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" THERE’S no doubt breast-feeding is best - it reduces the risk of tummy upsets, allergies, obesity and a host of health problems in later life. But mum Stella Onions believes her kids can’t get enough of a good thing. So five-year-old Josephine and her...
" A Texas woman was thrilled to win a competition at a baseball game - but she isn't planning to claim the prize of a funeral and burial plot any time soon. Competition had morbid prizeElaine Fulps was the lucky...
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" HERE’S a picture that will warm the heart of any grandparent – a nan out with her little grandchild. But little Eliza Iliescu is not out with her gran - she is pictured with her 70-year-old MUM."
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" CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said...
Having previously declared their mummified find to be the remains of Hatshepsut, archaeologists are hoping that DNA testing will back up their claim... but results are slower to emerge than some forensics shows...
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"The new display is also expected to increase visits to the tomb from about 350 to 900 tourists a day, generating funds for the protection of Egyptian antiquities....on Sunday morning the remains—settled inside...
"The mummy of King Tutankhamun will soon go on display for the first time, exposing the bare face of the boy king, Egyptian officials have announced.
The mummy will be removed from its sarcophagus and placed in a...
BBC News reports:
"An artificial big toe [known as the "Cairo toe"] found on the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's earliest functional fake body part, UK experts believe ... Lead researcher...
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Transport yourself back 500 years ago to modern South Korea. You have been commissioned to study the ancient burial rituals of the Neo-Confucianist Joseon Dynasty. In traditional garb, you attend the...
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The Earthly remains of the female Pharaoh Ma'at-ka-Ra Hatshepsut, whose fame is rivaled only by Cleopatra in the Egyptian world, have finally been identified.So who is Hatshepsut? According to touregypt.net, she...
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