The article explores the significance of Egyptian mummies, especially those of prominent figures like Tutankhamun, Ramesses ...

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Hundreds of shafts, some eighteen to twenty feet deep, led to tombs where extremely well-preserved mummies bundles were found. Apparently, the dry climate and high salt content of the region had ...

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As head of the Swiss Mummy Project at the University of Zurich, Rühli has been fascinated by the medical insights offered by studying preserved ancient remains from Egypt and elsewhere.

Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...

The findings are unique because the mammoth's head and trunk survived all these years. The trunk typically thaws first and is ...

Inside were poorly-preserved mummies. It is thought the dead were given gold foil amulets shaped like tongues so that they could speak before the court of the god Osiris in the afterlife.

It will be his first research on a mythical creature. He intends to examine the antiseptic treatment of the well-preserved mummy. An associate professor specializing in ichthyology is focusing on ...