mummy
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Hilarious Viral Video of Ancient Mummy Screaming Actually Fake
Have you seen that viral video of a 3,000-year-old mummy screaming in pain? It’s racked up over 10 million views on Twitter alone. There’s just one problem: The video is edited to make the mummy sound funnier.
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Human Spines Threaded Onto Posts Found at 500-Year-Old Burial Site in Peru
Archaeologists working along the southern coast of Peru have unearthed nearly 200 reed posts adorned with human vertebrae. Sound macabre, but these spines on spikes may have been a response to the Colonial-period looting of graves.
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This Is the First Known Pregnant Mummy
A radiological examination of a 2,000-year-old mummy presumed to be a male priest shows it’s actually the preserved remains of a woman — and a pregnant one at that.
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Golden-Tongued Mummies Found in Egyptian Tomb
Archaeologists investigating burial shafts near Alexandria, Egypt have discovered over a dozen interred individuals, two of whom still feature golden tongues that were carefully placed inside their mouths.