Tag: mummy
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Why mummies have to work
I am a single mother with two children and I do feel guilty when going away but not about the things you would imagine.
March 25, 2018 -
3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy’s face reconstructed
Researchers have reconstructed the face and brain of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy, revealing a unique embalming treatment used for preserving the dead. The remains belong to Nebiri, an Egyptian dignitary who lived under the reign of the pharaoh Thutmoses III (14791425 BC) and consist of a well-preserved head and canopic jars containing internal organs. Nebiri's …
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June 20, 2017 -
Tom Cruise was terrified of original ‘Mummy’
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who features in a new Mummy reboot, says the original 1932 film starring Boris Karloff as the monster, had left him terrified. Cruise, 54, stars as Navy Seal Tyler Colt in the new Mummy reboot, the first film in Universal Studios' Dark Universe movie series. He was sure he wanted the role when …
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June 7, 2017 -
Preservation chamber for Egyptian mummy in India to be operational soon
An oxygen-free chamber for storage and preservation of mummies – a flagship project ongoing at the Telangana State Museum that houses an over 2,000-year-old Egyptian specimen mummy – could be up and running in a few weeks, an expert said on Monday. "It's one of the seven mummies in India. To preserve the mummy, you …
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April 10, 2017 -
Egyptian Queen Nefertari’s mummified remains identified
A pair of mummified legs have been identified to be the remains of the Queen Nefertari the favourite wife of the pharaoh Ramses II who reigned Egypt in the 13th Century BC – scientists say. Researchers including Stephen Buckley and Joann Fletcher from the University of York in the UK used radiocarbon dating, anthropology, palaeopathology, …
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December 6, 2016