msngan 16/10/2024
Sphinx’s Hidden Chambers: Scientists Left Curious
The Egyptian Sphinx at Giza could be the entrance to a “secret city” underground, according to the latest research by historians.
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mrbill 16/10/2024
A mummy from the Chachapoyas culture has been discovered near the Amazon rainforest in northern Peru.
A mummy originating from the Chachapoyas culture has been discovered near the Amazon rainforest in northern Peru. This intriguing mummy, which appears to have been silently screaming for centuries, is believed to date back to a period spanning between 900 and 1500 BC. The excavation site has also yielded many other mummies. These discoveries, including dozens of mummies, are currently on display at the Leymebamba Museum in Peru.
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msngan 16/10/2024
Reconstruction of King Djoser, also known as Netjerikhet, was the second King of the 3rd Dynasty (ca. 2650-2575 BC) of ancient Kemet
The painted limestone statue of Zoser, now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is the oldest known life-size Egyptian statue. The statue was found during the Antiquities Service's excavations of 1924-1925. Today, at the site in Saqqara where it was found, a plaster copy of the statue stands in place of the original.
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mrbill 16/10/2024
Crypt’s Mummified Child: Sunlight’s Absence
In a fascinating study by scientists in Germany, a 17th-century child mummy has been closely examined using advanced scientific techniques. d historical records. The discoveries have provided valuable information about the children's lives during the recovery period. The mummy was discovered in a crypt belonging to an Austrian aristocratic family, where favourable conditions allowed for patural mummification, preserving important soft tissues. Detailed information about the child's life and death. Interestingly, this child was the body hidden in the crypt, buried in a simple wooden coffin rather than the elaborate metal coffins reserved for other family members. Led by Dr. Apdreаs...
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msngan 16/10/2024
A 370,000-Year-Old Tomb: Devil’s Quiet Resting Place
Throughout history, there is a mystifying and surprising appeal. These epigmatic artifacts and archaeological discoveries possess an incredible ability to capture the public imagination. Perhaps it is the blockbuster nature of these eigmas that fuels our curiosity and makes it very easy to interpret captivating explanations for their existence.
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mrbill 16/10/2024
Taklamakan’s European Mummies: Desert’s Strange Guests
3,000 years ago he was about 2 metres tall. He was buried wearing a crimson double-breasted tunic and striped trousers. He looks like a Bronze Age European. In fact, he has all the characteristics of a Celt, as evidenced by his DNA. However, this is not an ancient native of central Scotland. That is the man from the mummified body of Cherchen, found in the lonely reaches of the Taklamakan Desert. It is now in a museum in Urumqi, the provincial capital. In the language of the Xinjiang Uighurs, Taklamakan means “one enters not to come out.”
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msngan 16/10/2024
Aristocratic Crypt Baby: Sunlight’s Fatal Lack
Iп а fаsciпаtiпg ѕtυdy сoпdυсted by ѕcieпtiѕtѕ іп Germапy, а 17th-сeпtυry сhild mυmmy hаs beeп сlosely exаmiпed υѕiпg аdvапced ѕcieпtific teсhпiqυes апd hіstorіcal reсords. The fіпdіпgs hаve рrovided vаlυаble іпsіghts іпto the lіves of сhildreп dυrіпg the Reпаissапce рeriod. The mυmmy wаs dіscovered іп а сrypt beloпgіпg to ап аristocrаtic Aυѕtriaп fаmily, where fаvorаble сoпditioпs аllowed for паtυrаl mυmmіfіcatіoп, рreserviпg іmportaпt ѕoft tіssυe сoпtaiпiпg іпformatіoп аboυt the сhild’s lіfe апd demіse. Iпtrіgυіпgly, thіs сhild wаs the oпly υпіdeпtіfіed body іп the сrypt, bυrіed іп а ѕimple woodeп сoffiп іпstead of the elаborаte metаl сoffiпs reѕerved for other fаmily memberѕ. Led...
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msngan 16/10/2024
Thousand-Year-Old ‘Lady’ Mummies: Braids Endure
In the lures of ancient history, a remarkable discovery has captivated the world: the preservation of the eternal beauty of the mummy “ladies”, adorned with intricately braided hair, remains intact even after millennia.
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mrbill 16/10/2024
Cleopatra VII: Egypt’s Last Pharaoh’s Reign
Era políglota, ya que hablaba nueve idiomas, incluido el antiguo egipcio y las lenguas de los partos, hebreos, medos, trogloditas, sirios, etíopes y árabes.
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mrbill 16/10/2024
In 1974, Egypt had to issue a passport to Ramses II, 3,000 years after his death.
In 1974, an extraordinary event occurred when Ramses II, the renowned Egyptian pharaoh, embarked on a journey to the Louvre Museum in Paris to undertake meticulous preservation and restoration efforts. This momentary initiative was not without its peculiarities, as it involved a curious bureaucratic necessity: a passport for the deceased ruler, dated by the French law of the time. Ramesses II, a figure shrouded in the horrors of history, found himself thrust into the modern administrative realm three millennia after his death. Despite the vast gulf of time that separated his reign from the contemporary era, the pharaoh's power required...
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