Researchers Discover Egypt’s Oldest Tomb Oriented to Winter Solstice
Perched in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, the structure is precisely oriented to the winter solstice sunrise, allowing the sun’s rays to shine upon the…
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Archeologists Are Planning To Scan the Great Pyramid of Giza With Cosmic Rays – They Should See Every Hidden Chamber Inside
The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their…
Mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I “Unwrapped” for the First Time in 3,000 Years – Here’s What Scientists Found
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment. All the royal mummies…
3,500-Year-Old Medical Papyrus Manual Reveals New Details About Ancient Egyptian Mummification
Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming…
Rare “Mud Carapace” Mortuary Treatment of Egyptian Mummy Uncovered – And a Case of Mistaken Identity
And reveals a potential case of mistaken identity: the mummy and associated coffin did not originally belong together! New analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummified…
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: A Non-destructive Method for Analyzing Ancient Egyptian Embalming Materials
Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry…
Powerful X-rays of the Advanced Photon Source Reveal 1,900-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy’s Secrets
Researchers used the powerful X-rays of the Advanced Photon Source to see the preserved remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without disturbing the linen wrappings….
Unique Snapshot of Ancient Animal Mummification Through Advanced X-ray Imaging
Analysis of three mummified animals — a cat, a bird and a snake — from Ancient Egypt using advanced 3D X-ray imaging is described in…
Egyptian Animal Mummies From Over 2000 Years Ago Digitally Unwrapped With High-Resolution 3D X-rays
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’…
Ancient Events Could Be “Rewritten” by Fine-Tuning Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of…
Scientists Use X-Rays and Infrared Light to Explore Egyptian Mummy Bones [Video]
Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples…
Egyptologist Discovers Mysterious Head of a Pharaoh
Swansea University Egyptology lecturer Dr. Ken Griffin has found a depiction of one of the most famous pharaohs in history Hatshepsut (one of only a…
DNA Sequencing Solves 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Mystery
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact,…
