"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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Evidently the oldest recorded joke is a fart joke. Some things just never go out of fashion, and body humor is one of them. What makes stuff like farting and pooping so funny? Huh-huh.... poop..."Academics have...
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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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"Sun 11 Nov 2007, 13:10 GMT
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will limit the number of visitors to the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from December 1 and close it from May 2008 for restoration work on the wall paintings, the government said on Sunday.
A statement...
""The tomb receives a lot of visitors and is considered one of the most famous pharaonic tombs in the valley of the kings," Hawass was quoted by AFP as saying.
The true face of ancient Egypt's boy king was...
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"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...
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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The Flintstones may have been the pioneers of ancient bowling, but this recent find by Italian archeologists reveals that others may have been bowling in bare feet and loincloths too. "Italian archeologists have...
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