Successful once, protesters may hesitate later
PRINCETON / NYU (US) — The Arab Spring protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa could mark more of an isolated occurrence than a permanent rise of people power in the region, warn...
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DNA reveals origins of Minoan civilization
U. WASHINGTON (US) — DNA from skeletal remains clears up competing theories about the origins of the earliest European civilization. DNA analysis is unearthing the origins of the Minoans, who some...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest weather report could alter Egyptian history
An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world’s oldest weather reports—and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East. A...
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‘Antibacterial’ cloth changes mummy history
New evidence suggests that the origins of mummification started 1,500 years earlier in ancient Egypt than previously thought. Traditional theories on ancient Egyptian mummification suggest that in...
View ArticleCT scans ‘unwrap’ secrets of three mummies
Scientists have put three unusually motionless patients through the CT scanner: Egyptian mummies. One of the mummies already was known to have a brain, but scans revealed she also still has lungs. In...
View ArticleGraves show culture clash that let Nubians rule Egypt
In a middle-class tomb just east of the Nile River in what was Upper Nubia, a woman’s remains offer a glimpse of how two civilizations met and mingled, and how a new pharaonic dynasty arose. Her tomb...
View ArticleEgyptian pharaohs first put houses on a grid
Egyptian pharaohs, who are remembered for their pyramids and temples, were also the world’s first urban planners. New research offers additional insights into how the pharaohs invested in town...
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Scans and 3D printing recreate a mummy’s face
Researchers have produced a reconstruction of the head of an 18- to 25-year-old woman who lived at least 2,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. They have named her Meritamun, which means beloved of the god...
View ArticleDo these mummy knees belong to Queen Nefertari?
A pair of mummified legs on display in an Italian museum may belong to Egyptian Queen Nefertari—the the pharaoh Ramses II’s favorite wife. Researchers used radiocarbon dating, anthropology,...
View ArticleSee new photos of Egypt and Palestine during WWI
More than 2,000 unseen images of Egypt and Palestine during World War I depict an often-overlooked theater of the war. In a series of roadshows in Wales and England, members of the public shared...
View ArticleInfant mummy and Triceratops go through CT scanner
Scientists recently put a 2,000-year-old patient into a CT scanner: the mummified remains of a 7-month-old baby boy. Then they did the same with pieces of skull from two teenage Triceratops. By...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest weather report could alter Egyptian history
An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world’s oldest weather reports—and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East. A...
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‘Antibacterial’ cloth changes mummy history
New evidence suggests that the origins of mummification started 1,500 years earlier in ancient Egypt than previously thought. Traditional theories on ancient Egyptian mummification suggest that in...
View ArticleCT scans ‘unwrap’ secrets of three mummies
Scientists have put three unusually motionless patients through the CT scanner: Egyptian mummies. One of the mummies already was known to have a brain, but scans revealed she also still has lungs. In...
View ArticleGraves show culture clash that let Nubians rule Egypt
In a middle-class tomb just east of the Nile River in what was Upper Nubia, a woman’s remains offer a glimpse of how two civilizations met and mingled, and how a new pharaonic dynasty arose. Her tomb...
View ArticleEgyptian pharaohs first put houses on a grid
Egyptian pharaohs, who are remembered for their pyramids and temples, were also the world’s first urban planners. New research offers additional insights into how the pharaohs invested in town...
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Scans and 3D printing recreate a mummy’s face
Researchers have produced a reconstruction of the head of an 18- to 25-year-old woman who lived at least 2,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. They have named her Meritamun, which means beloved of the god...
View ArticleDo these mummy knees belong to Queen Nefertari?
A pair of mummified legs on display in an Italian museum may belong to Egyptian Queen Nefertari—the the pharaoh Ramses II’s favorite wife. Researchers used radiocarbon dating, anthropology,...
View ArticleInfant mummy and Triceratops go through CT scanner
Scientists recently put a 2,000-year-old patient into a CT scanner: the mummified remains of a 7-month-old baby boy. Then they did the same with pieces of skull from two teenage Triceratops. By...
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This ancient Nubian horse got a surprising burial
Researchers excavating a tomb in what was Upper Nubia unearthed the skeleton of a horse so well-preserved it still had hair on its legs. A burial shroud had covered it, and it was found with a piece of...
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