Posts Tagged ‘mummy’

Three 2000-year-old Egyptian Mummy Faces Reconstructed!

You can now see what three Egyptian men living more than 2000 years ago in the ancient Egyptian city of Abusir el-Meleq really looked like thanks to forensic DNA phenotyping and other advance forensic methods. The reconstructed mummy faces were partially recreated using ancient DNA samples taken from the mummies of the three men who […]

Italian Researchers CT Scan Egyptian Priest Mummy

A known Egyptian priest mummy, from over 3,000 years ago, has recently been transferred from Italy’s famous Museum of Civil Archeology in Bergamo to the Policlinico of Milan hospital to conduct a mummy CT scan. Researchers at Milan’s prestigious Mummy Project are hoping to learn more about the ancient priest’s life, health, and mummification, according […]

Ancient Egyptian Presence in North America: The Mysterious Fawn Hoof Mummy

This fascinating mummy was found over 200 years ago in one of the largest cave systems in America: The Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave Mummy, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky There, miners discovered an extremely well-preserved mummy with red hair prepared and embalmed in an eerily similar way as the ancient Egyptians. After examining the mummy […]

World First! 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Was Pregnant

When archaeologists conducted X-ray scans of a woman’s mummified body they made a remarkable discovery. The remains of the woman who died 2,000 years ago contained a surprising secret – making her mummy unlike any others found to date. What did the scans reveal? The world’s first known  pregnant mummy. Who was the Pregnant Mummy? A […]

Shocking Truth Behind Death of Ireland’s Egyptian Mummy Exposed

Researchers have established that Northern Ireland’s most famous Egyptian mummy was murdered. The mummy, which is the cadaver of a woman called Takabuti who lived 2,600 years ago, is now known to have been stabbed in the back with an axe. A team of experts has also made a number of other discoveries about the […]

Revealing the Face and Identity of the Controversial Mummy KV55

Ever since mummy KV55 was discovered in 1907, it has generated deep interest, debate, and controversy. The big issues have been identifying the KV55 mummy in ancient Egyptian history and combining its most probable identity with that person’s proposed age of death. Could mummy KV55 really be the ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten, as many scholars believe? […]

Mummy Cold Case: Tracing the Identity of the Mystery ‘Persian Princess’

This story details a cold case like no other. It occurred after the discovery of a mummy that was alleged to be an ancient Persian Princess. It ultimately led archaeological investigators on a wild journey of intrigue, deceit, and controversy. It all started in the year 2000 in Pakistan when police learned of a Karachi man attempting […]

Ultra-Rare Mud Mummy Exposes Previously Unknown Mortuary Practice

CT scans of an Egyptian mummy from approximately 1,200 BC have exposed a type of mortuary treatment which has not been documented in the Egyptian archaeological record before now. The individual is the first known case of an ancient Egyptian ‘mud mummy’ and its existence has led archaeologists to reconsider their beliefs about how nonroyal […]

Mummy With Golden Tongue Found At Possible Site Of Cleopatra’s Tomb

During recent explorations at an ancient Egyptian temple near Alexandria, archaeologists found something startling and unique. While searching inside a newly discovered burial shaft, they found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a golden tongue. This isn’t to suggest that the mummy suddenly came to life and began impressing them with its powers of oratory persuasion. It […]

Cleansing, documenting project completes on salt mummy

TEHRAN –A documenting and cleansing project has come to an end on an ancient salt man and his belongings being kept at an archaeology museum in Iran’s Zanjan province, the head of the project has said.  “The salt man No. 5, which was discovered in Iran’s Chehrabad Salt Mine decades ago, has been cleaned, documented, […]

A Mysterious Mummy in Cairo: The Surprising True Identity of Joseph with the Coat of Many Colors

Who was the king who appointed Joseph, of the legendary coat of many colors, as his minister? And during which period of Egyptian history did he live? Since the start of archaeological digging in Egypt more than a hundred and fifty years ago, scholars have been trying to answer these questions. These were questions to […]

Tech Reveals A Little Girl Mummy Who Doesn’t Look Like Her Portrait

New technologies have allowed scientists to examine the insides of an Egyptian little girl mummy that is almost 2000 years old. This means that scientists can examine the objects interred with a cadaver in a non-invasive way. Using these technologies, they identified an ancient scarab that provides new insights into mummies in death and life. […]

Earring Unearthed In Bulgaria Matches Those In Multiple Mummy Portraits

Fashion in the period of classical antiquity seems to have followed trends that extended much further than we ever imagined. In this case, extending from the ladies of Roman Egypt all the way to the women of ancient Bulgaria. An ancient earring discovered by archaeologists in Bulgaria matches the jewelry painted on more than one […]

Ancient Egyptians Went Wild for Bird Mummy Offerings

Researchers studying the mummies of birds from Ancient Egypt, used at the time as votive offerings to the gods, have made an important discovery. French experts, from the CNRS, the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and the C2RMF, sought to establish if the birds were wild or if they had been specially bred to be […]

Mature Looking Mummy Portrait Was Actually Just A 4-Year-Old

Scientists have recreated the face of a 2000-year-old Egyptian boy , using CT scanning and 3D imagery technologies. The reconstructed face was then compared to the boy’s mummy portrait . In Egypt, at the turn of the first millennium AD, artists painted mummy portraits, which were then attached to the outer face of the coffin. […]

Mummy DNA May Prove Ancient Egyptians Descended From Son of Noah Exactly As Bible Describes

18K Shares “Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.” Genesis 10:5  In a scientific first, DNA taken from Egyptian mummies has been decoded, producing unexpected results about the true origins of the Egyptian people. These results confirm a controversial theory […]

Making A Magical Substance For Health And Wealth – Discovery Of Alchemy Transcripts By Isaac Newton

A recent auction has led to the discovery of one of Isaac Newton’s alchemy transcripts, which may just be one step towards creating the magical substance known as the philosopher’s stone. According to Live Science , the manuscript dating back to the 17th century, was concealed within Newton’s private collection. The title of the document translates to […]

POPE FRANCIS ORDERS BODY OF DEAD MONK PADRE PIO TO VATICAN TO BE WORSHIPPED

PADRE PIO WAS DOGGED DURING HIS LIFE AND EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH BY ALLEGATIONS THAT HE WAS A FAKE BUT CHURCH INVESTIGATORS CLEARED HIM EACH TIME. “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of […]

Paris police arrest 100, use ‘huge amounts’ of tear gas on protesters at banned Global March for Climate

     Crowds gathered in the French capital on Sunday to attend a global march for the climate, despite the ban on gatherings enforced by French authorities. When one of the groups charged a police cordon, tear gas was deployed to push them back. “Huge amounts” of tear gas were fired at protesters near Place de […]

Germany needs 1,200 troops for Syrian anti-ISIS campaign – Chief of Staff

“From the military point of view, to ensure the operation of aircraft we need about 1,200 military personnel,” Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (unified armed forces of Germany),Volker Wieker, told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper in an interview. Wieker said that the mandate for the deployment may be given by the end of the year. […]

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