News tagged with egyptologists
Rare Egyptian scrolls found in Australian collection
A British historian said Saturday he had unearthed a trove of Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments by a top ancient official after chancing upon a scrap on show in an Australian museum.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 22, 2012 |
4.8 / 5 (12) |
2
Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies
Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Search results for egyptologists
Hospital tests reveal the secrets of an Egyptian mummy
An ancient Egyptian mummy has had quite an afterlife, traveling more than 6,000 miles, spending six decades in private hands, and finally, in 1989, finding a home at the World Heritage Museum (now the Spurlock ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
2
Deadly medication? Scientists shed light on the dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut's flacon
The corpus delicti is a plain flacon from among the possessions of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who lived around 1450 B.C., which is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum of the University of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 19, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
Tut, tut: Microbial growth in pharaoh's tomb suggests burial was a rush job
In the tomb of King Tutankhamen, the elaborately painted walls are covered with dark brown spots that mar the face of the goddess Hathor, the silvery-coated baboons -- in fact, almost every surface.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 08, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
0
|
The mummy study returns: Scanning of more ancient Egyptians confirms heart disease, finds princess to be oldest case
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although ancient Egyptian royalty didn’t gobble down bacon cheeseburgers or doughnuts dripping with trans fats, smoke cigarettes or spend hours each night in front of the TV, they did ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 06, 2011 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
1
|
Ancient Egypt and a pioneer of palaeopathology
At the start of the last century, a team of archaeologists began a race against the clock to rescue thousands of human bodies from ancient graves in modern Egypt’s Lower Nubia region. They would have ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 15, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Great Pyramid has two secret chambers: French architect
A French architect campaigning for a new exploration of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza said on Thursday that the edifice may contain two chambers housing funereal furniture.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 27, 2011 |
4.4 / 5 (29) |
77
Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape route (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea has inspired and mystified people for millennia. A new computer modeling study by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2010 |
2.9 / 5 (14) |
22
|
Radiocarbon dating pinpoints chronology of Egyptian kings
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team has mapped out an accurate chronology of the kings of ancient Egypt using a radiocarbon analysis of short-lived plant remains from the region.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 17, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
0
|
A blue mystery: Pale blue on New Kingdom pottery may have come from desert oasis mineral
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jennifer Smith, PhD, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was belly crawling her way to the end of a long, narrow tunnel ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 17, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
1
|
Tut's ills won't kill fascination, historians say
(AP) -- It turns out Egypt's beloved boy-king wasn't so golden after all - or much of a wild and crazy guy, for that matter. But will research showing King Tut was actually a hobbled, weak teen with a cleft ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 17, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
List of search results for egyptologists
