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CT scans deepen murder mystery of 1,700-year-old mummy
London, July 10 (ANI): The murder mystery of a 1,700-year-old Graeco-Roman mummy has deepened, with CT scans revealing that a ‘metallic’ object stuck in its neck is in fact one of three or four fragments lodged in the base of the skull.
According to a report by Sky News, the 1,700-year-old mummy was scanned along with [...]
South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.
The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of individuals from the South American Chinchorro culture found in what is now northern Chile and southern Peru.
They are the oldest examples of [...]
Archeologists discover golden-masked mummies in Egypt
Moscow, April 9 (ANI): A team at archaeologists, working at Egypt’s Fayoum Oasis, have uncovered a number of mummies wearing golden masks, as well as other artifacts of historical value.
According to Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, a group of Russian archaeologists working in the Fayoum province, some 80km southwest of Cairo, since 2003, have made [...]
