Beyond the tombs and riches, life in ancient Egypt wasn’t so luxurious, after all.
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From the curse that the papers latched on to new research suggesting that Howard Carter stole objects from the tomb, Tutankhamun’s discovery continues to grab attention.
Some spiritualists in the 1920s moaned that Tutankhamun appeared almost too often.
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s ancient Egyptian tomb in 1922 thrilled the world. But people know more about rumours of a curse than the amazing things science revealed about the boy king.
From unwrapping parties to grinding-up mummies to make medicine, Europe has a long and strange relationship with Ancient Egyptian remains.
The origin of Libyan desert glass found scattered in an Egyptian desert has puzzled scientists for years. But a new look at the glass structure reveals its meteoric formation.
Tut-mania reigned in the 1920s – and keeps returning to haunt us.
Mummies are scary but they also fascinate us, giving us the feeling that we can vanquish time by preserving our most perishable feature: flesh.
The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe, is the latest manifestation of our centuries old fascination with Egypt. But beneath this obsession is a darker story of looting and destruction.
Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was made with metal from the heavens.
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter
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Chair in the History of Visual Culture, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Nineteenth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in Biomedical Egyptology, University of Manchester
