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LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ...
According to the museum’s October 24 announcement, a mobile CT scanner helped to finally explain the strategy behind Chenet-aa’s “locked-mummy” cartonnage, as well as new physical ...
Omnifest at Science Museum of Minnesota to show five films The museum's William L. McKnight-3M Omnitheater, which is 70 feet wide and 90 feet tall, provides an immersive experience for moviegoers.
Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...
A force to reckon with. May 4th is considered a commemorative ‘Star Wars’ Day, so today we look at the new museum filmmaker George Lucas and his wife are building next to the L.A. Coliseum.
The Weis Earth Science Museum, which is currently located at the soon-to-close University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Fox Cities campus, will be relocated to the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton.
Jacksonville's Museum of Science & History will close by Sept. 1 after decades at its Southbank home. Construction on MOSH's new $100 million Nortbank museum is not scheduled to begin until 2026.
Fascinated by the “screaming woman” who died 3,500 years ago, researchers used CT scans other techniques to understand what might have caused her striking expression.
The first-ever “The Mummy” Loungefly bag has arrived at Universal Orlando Resort. The backpack is inspired by the Book of the Dead from the lost city of Hamunaptra. Book of the Dead ‘The ...
In March, 2018, figurative tattoos were been discovered on 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies at the British Museum. Experts said that these were the world's earliest figurative tattoos.
The male mummy, which also had a screaming expression, was identified in a 2012 study (also co-authored by Saleem) as Pentawer, son of 20th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses III (1186–1155 BCE), thanks to ...