Egyptian mummies have fascinated Europeans since the 5th century, but a new exhibition considers the more recent role they have played in medicine, art and popular culture – and the ethics of their display in museums.
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Records show that the Egyptian state provided health care to workers building royal tombs more than 3,000 years ago. But it was more about productivity than altruism.
What’s the betting that Agilkia makes it into the baby name charts in 2015? This romantic, lyrical word is the name of an island in the Egyptian Nile, but it’s also just been given to the patch of Comet…
For the first time, scientific evidence has shown that prehistoric Egyptians experimented with techniques to preserve bodies around 4000BC, some 1,500 years before artificial mummification was believed…
Last month’s discovery in South Abydos, in Egypt – of the remains of the pharaoh, Senekbay, which date to the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1750-1550 BC) – sheds new light on a complex and divided period…
Principais colaboradores
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Lecturer in Museum and Curatorial Studies, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Lecturer, Classics, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Experimental Officer and Geophysical Researcher, University of Southampton
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Senior research fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Post-doctoral research fellow in Egyptology, University of Sydney
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Docteur en Egyptologie, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III
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PhD Archaeology. Lecturer and Tutor in Ancient World Studies., The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Griffith University
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
