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"We chose the Civilization Museum because we want, for the first time, to display the mummies in a civilized manner, an educated manner, and not for amusement as they were in the Egyptian Museum," Hawass said. Archaeologists discovered the mummies in two batches at the complex of mortuar...
Archaeologists in Egypt announced on May 30 that they recently discovered 250 sarcophagi. A sarcophagus is a coffin, often made of stone. These are about 2,500 years old, and contain well-preserved mummies. The painted sarcophagi will be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum, near Cairo. ...
The Grand Egyptian Museum is a monumental showcase for all 5,000 of King Tut’s treasures—and a symbol of a nation that has reclaimed its past.
Egypt held a parade on Saturday celebrating the transport of 22 of its royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum to their new resting place, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. The mummies, including Ramesses II and Hatshepsut, a famous female pharaoh, belong to the ancient New ...
During his life, he discovered many important and exciting things. Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown. In 1891,at the age of 17,he went to Egypt(埃及) by ship. By the 1920s,he had become an explorer, looking ...
Evidence of appendicitis has been discovered in mummies of ancient Egypt.1 The earliest description of the anatomy of the appendix was recorded in 1524 by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi.2 Vesalius in 1543 termed it the cecum...
The boy’s own heart remained in the chest, as a spiritual symbol, say the researchers, as was usual with Egyptian mummies.The amulets had supposed protective properties for the arduous journey to the afterlife that the Egyptians believed came after death. “The family of the boy o...
The largest cache of embalming vessels discovered in Egypt included pots containing resins, oils and myrrh.Petr Košárek, Charles University Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a cache of mummification materials—the largest of its kind ever unearthed—dating back 2,500 ye...
Archaeologists in Egypt announced on May 30 that they recently discovered 250 sarcophagi. A sarcophagus is a coffin, often made of stone. These are about 2,500 years old, and contain well-preserved mummies. The painted sarcophagi will be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum, near Cairo.More...