ancient egyptian mummies
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X-Ray Imaging Reveals Hidden ‘First Drafts’ in Ancient Egyptian Paintings
A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process. Under X-ray light, the 3,100-year-old paintings glowed with their artists’ first drafts, hidden to the naked eye for millennia. The team’s research was published this week in PLoS…
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Seriously Gruesome Death of an Egyptian Pharaoh Detailed in New Study
The forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian pharaoh and the circumstances of his exceptionally violent death.