A newly discovered instruction manual for embalming mummies in ancient Egypt contains the earliest known description of these mysterious techniques. Source: https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mummification-manual.html
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Ancient Egypt’s Mona Lisa? An elaborately drawn extinct goose, of course
Nearly five millennia ago, an artist inked an incredibly detailed painting of geese in the tomb of an Egyptian vizier and his wife. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-art-extinct-goose.html
Can you see Canopus, the 2nd-brightest star?
Here’s how to spot Canopus, the 2nd-brightest star in the sky as seen from Earth, on February evenings. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/few-know-the-second-brightest-star-canopus…
See Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky
Find out how to spot Sirius, the brightest star as seen from Earth. Learn the mythology behind this dazzling light and how it earned the nickname of the Dog Star. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/sirius-the-brightest-star…
Never-before-seen ‘mud mummy’ from Egypt discovered in wrong coffin
An ancient Egyptian mummy was damaged and then wrapped in an unusual mud carapace. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mud-mummy.html
Mummies with gold tongues unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists have unveiled the remarkable discovery of 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummies with gold tongues. The mummies were found in a series of rock… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343569/mummies-with-gold-tongues-unearthed-in-egypt…
Perfectly-preserved ‘bog beetles’ nearly as old as Egypt’s pyramids
Beetles that lived during the late Bronze Age in a bog look as though they died yesterday. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bog-beetles-england.html
Ruins of ancient fort, church and temple discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists have found the ancient ruins of a Roman fort, early Coptic church and Ptolemaic temple in Egypt. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fort-church-temple-ancient-egypt.html
Mummy with a gold tongue found in Egypt
Archaeologists have found a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mummy-with-gold-tongue-discovered.html
13-foot-long ‘Book of the Dead’ scroll found in burial shaft in Egypt
A funerary temple belonging to Queen Nearit has been discovered in the ancient Egyptian burial ground Saqqara next to the pyramid of her husband, pharaoh Teti. Source: https://www.livescience.com/queen-temple-book-of-dead-found-egypt.html