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What scents did the ancient Egyptians use?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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 ...





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Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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, ...


Premium car research & cow dung point to new high tech disease diagnosis

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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 ...


Probing Question: Is the Ark of the Covenant real?

Probing Question: Is the Ark of the Covenant real?

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (25) | comments 25

When you hear the words "Ark of the Covenant" what comes to mind? For some, Steven Spielberg’s film "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" provides the most vivid pop-culture reference to this mysterious ...


Researchers study genetic evolution of African dogs

Researchers study genetic evolution of African dogs

Biology / Evolution

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- African village dogs are not a mixture of modern breeds but have directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral ...


Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


CT scan reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bust (AP)

Researchers use CT to examine hidden face in Nefertiti bust

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


Egypt to open inner chambers of 'bent' pyramid (AP)

Egypt to open inner chambers of 'bent' pyramid

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Travelers to Egypt will soon be able to explore the inner chambers of the 4,500-year-old "bent" pyramid, known for its oddly shaped profile, and other nearby ancient tombs, Egypt's antiquities chief ...


Maritime Archaeologist at Helm of Modern Journey to Ancient Egyptian Land

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors, too.


Virtual-Reality Reconstruction of Dig Site

King Solomon's (copper) mines? Deep dig finds confluence of science and the Bible

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created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (49) | comments 36

(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an open question, the possibility is raised once again by research ...


Tutankhamen fathered twins

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created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely to have been the children of the teenage Pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied the mummified remains ...



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