News
A 12th-century translation error kicked off a 700-year trade in mummies, depopulating the tombs of Egypt to populate European ...
We explore new ways to tackle the problem of microplastic pollution in our oceans, before meeting an extraordinary man and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
This Museum Is Asking Visitors Whether It Should Continue to Display Mummified Human RemainsThe Manchester Museum in England is inviting guests to share feedback on Asru, an ancient Egyptian woman whose body was ...
Journey to Eternal Life: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Mummies, and Pyramids Egyptian Mummies The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification ...
Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. Texas Floods Inundate Central Areas ...
Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They FoundDating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...
Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...
Nine steps down a stone staircase in Egypt’s Aga Khan Mausoleum, archaeologists discovered a host of hieroglyphic ...
Egyptian tombs yield all manner of surprises. One of the most macabre, recalls archaeologist Dr Mary Hartley, emerged during ...
As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...
More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback