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After remaining hidden from the world for 3,000 years, the mummified face of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun has been revealed on Saturday. The skin is black and crackled with a leathery texture. The ‘buck teeth’, which is a family trait of Tut’s...
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AP, Saqqara
Egypt’s chief archaeologist has unveiled a completely preserved mummy inside a limestone sarcophagus sealed 2,600 years ago during pharaonic times.
made popular Feb 11 2009
AP, Cairo
Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 4,600-year-old tomb, in the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara 12 miles...
made popular Feb 9 2009
AP, Los Angeles
Indiana Jones and “The Mummy” slayer are teaming up on the big screen _ to battle not ancient, otherworldly baddies, but a big medical dilemma.
made popular Jan 14 2009
AP, Cairo
An Australian teacher who allegedly stuffed his luggage with 2,000-year old animal mummies and religious figurines wrapped as gifts was arrested Wednesday and charged...
made popular Dec 24 2008
AP, Cairo
An Australian teacher who stuffed his luggage with 2,000-year old animal mummies and religious figurines wrapped as gifts was arrested Wednesday, an Egyptian airport...
made popular Dec 24 2008
AP, Cairo
More than half a century ago, a prominent Egyptian archaeologist unearthed a stunning ancient mummy mask at the Saqqara pyramids near Cairo _ the golden image of a...
made popular Nov 23 2008
AP, Cairo
Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country’s chief...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Bismarck
Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota’s state museum are meticulously uncovering something...
made popular Mar 18 2008
AP, Cairo
Egyptian police confiscated four ancient mummies on Wednesday and arrested three antiquities smugglers who had stolen them from an ancient graveyard, a security...
made popular Mar 12 2008
AP, Great Falls
A mummified dinosaur discovered on the Hi-Line is heading to the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, where it will be studied and displayed for more than a year.The 77...
made popular Jan 5 2008
AP, Washington
One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to...
made popular Dec 3 2007
AP, Concord
A judge has ordered a man to lay an unusual family heirloom to rest: a mummified baby has been passed down for generations.Authorities seized the mummy last year when...
made popular Sep 20 2007
Some products need to be preserved even if they don’t have any more use. Such products include your first cell phone, the first gift your love gave to you and...
made popular Mar 12 2007
Now, this is what we call ‘tattooed for life’. The female mummy with tattoos dating way back to 450AD unearthed by archaeologists in El Brujo, Peru clearly...
made popular May 17 2006
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