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Ancient Egypt Meets the 21st Century at the New Grand Egyptian Museum
Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...
Archaeologists Found a Surprise Hiding in an Ancient Egyptian Tomb—A Second Body
After 20 years of fieldwork in the mountains of Gebel Asyut al-Gharbi—located near the ancient Egyptian city of ...
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Scientists Are Using CT Scanners to Reveal the Secrets of More Than Two Dozen Ancient Egyptian Mummies
For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...
Ancient Egypt breakthrough as incredible discovery made by scanning 3,000-year-old mummy
One of the museum's most well-known mummified remains is that of Lady Chenet-aa, who lived 3,000 years ago. The scans showed ...
Egyptian priestess’ burial chamber unearthed after 4,000 years: ‘Sensational discovery’
A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Named ...
At the Met, Black Artists Salute an Enduring Affinity With Egypt
A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.
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USF professor confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals
Through advanced chemical analyses on an Egyptian vase at the Tampa Museum of Art, Davide Tanasi confirmed the vase last held ...
Ancient tomb with jewelry and copper mirrors unearthed by U.S.-Egypt team near famed city of Luxor
Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor, ...
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This Ancient Egyptian Statue Of Ramesses II Is 3,300-Years-Old And Said To Have Inspired The Famous Poem Ozymandias By Percy Shelley
About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...
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Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.