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The news that matter in Europe
Scientists have discovered an ancient arm of the Nile, which has now dried up, but used to pass by thirty pyramids in Ancient Egypt, including those in Giza.
This 64 km long sleeve is known as Ahramat (“pyramids” in Arabic) and has long been buried under farmland and desert sand, the…
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In early November, a Czech archaeological expedition from Charles University in Prague has discovered the tomb of the royal scribe Jheuti Em Hat during excavations at the Abu Sir necropolis outside Cairo, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Monuments announced.
The Secretary General…
Written records can tell us a lot about ancient civilizations. Recent research on the venomous snakes described in an ancient Egyptian papyrus suggests more than you might think. A much more diverse range of snakes than we ever imagined lived in the land of the pharaohs – which also explains why…
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Archaeologists have announced that they are very close to discovering the place where the last ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra, and her lover, the Roman general Mark Antony, were buried, in all probability together.
Scientists believe they have pinpointed the exact location where some of the most…
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A collaboration between the museum and the clinic could set a precedent for combining the study of historical artifacts with cutting-edge medical technology to better understand the past
In a meticulously planned operation that took five months to organize, two sarcophagus lids dating back…
Des scientifiques ont étudié un portrait du Fayoum d’une jeune femme datant du IIe siècle et conservé au Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ils ont remarqué une tumeur sur son cou et ont suggéré qu’il s’agissait probablement d’une représentation réaliste d’un goitre – un élargissement de la glande thyroïde. C’est…
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Se dice que es uno de los mayores archivos de conocimiento clásico del mundo antiguo, albergó los libros de todos los tiempos. Fue construido por los súbditos de habla griega de la dinastía ptolemaica de Egipto en el siglo III a. La Biblioteca de Alejandría contenía cientos de miles de papiros…
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Les scientifiques ont réalisé un scanner de la momie de Jed-Hor de Heidelberg, en Allemagne, qui représente un homme âgé qui vivait en Égypte, apparemment au 4ème-1er siècle avant JC. L’examen de son crâne a montré qu’il avait souffert d’une mastoïdite aiguë, qui a probablement entraîné des complications mortelles…
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