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Researchers use CT to examine hidden face in Nefertiti bust
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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Using CT imaging to study a priceless bust of Nefertiti, researchers have uncovered a delicately carved face in the limestone inner core and gained new insights into methods used to create the ancient masterpiece ...
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Pharaoh's Unusual Feminine Appearance Suggests Two Gene Defects
May 20, 2008 |
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The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology ...
What scents did the ancient Egyptians use?
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Mar 15, 2009 |
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Pharaoh Hatshepsut was a power-conscious woman who assumed the reins of government in Egypt around the year 1479 B.C. In actual fact, she was only supposed to represent her step-son Thutmose III, who was three years old at ...
Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, ...
Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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The legend is that the great rulers of Canaan, the ancient land of Israel, were all men. But a recent dig by Tel Aviv University archaeologists at Tel Beth-Shemesh uncovered possible evidence of a mysterious ...
3,400-year-old Egyptian statue is found
Jan 25, 2006 |
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Johns Hopkins archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a life-sized, 3,400-year-old statue of one of the queens of the powerful king Amenhotep III.
Study: King Tut slain by sword in the knee
Feb 02, 2006 |
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Researchers from Italy's Bolzano University say they believe Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun died from an infection caused by a sword cut.
Premium car research & cow dung point to new high tech disease diagnosis
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Warwick have taken high tech gas sensors normally used to test components for premium cars and applied the same techniques to human blood, human urine, and even cow dung samples ...
Tutankhamun Examined in a CT Scanner
Jan 20, 2005 |
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Siemens experts have been examining the mummified remains of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in a CT scanner - with unprecedented precision. Together with the Egyptian chief archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass, they want ...
Giant sarcophagus found in Egypt
Jun 28, 2005 |
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The Egyptian Ministry of Culture Tuesday announced the discovery of a giant granite sarcophagus in an ancient cemetery in Sakara, outside Cairo.
Probing Question: How were the Egyptian pyramids built?
Mar 27, 2008 |
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The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians set the standard for what ...
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