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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 his tomb full of magnificent and unique objects is more than a story of treasures. It’s also a story of class, privilege, colonialism, political freedom and national identity.
From unwrapping parties to grinding-up mummies to make medicine, Europe has a long and strange relationship with Ancient Egyptian remains.
Lesser-known gods are featured in the Marvel series, which has pleased experts and fans alike.
Using Greek and Roman texts, Egyptian iconography and archaeological remains, we have a pretty good idea as to how olive oil was made.
Promoting and practicing ethical research that includes the people who live in the area today is as important to the archaeological team as learning more about the lives of the ancient inhabitants.
Reconstructed vocabulary sheds light on cultural items and people’s habitats, including the spread of ideas and the importance of certain concepts.
Both the art of BoJack Horseman and of ancient Egyptian artists places great emphasis on balance and proportion.
The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after enslavement.
People have painted on cave walls and written on clay and wax tablets, papyrus and paper made from wood. Could screens replace paper someday?
We sometimes call Egypt the ‘civilisation without cities’. The Lost Golden City of Amenhotep III will bring new understanding of Ancient Egyptian urban life.
CT scans of the mummy revealed new injuries.
Though often seen as placid, turtles have been depicted as powerful, fighting animals since ancient times. One of the most famous battleships, the Korean Geobukseon, was called the ‘Turtle Ship’.
Natural landscape changes in the Nile Delta may have not only stimulated local take up of farming technologies, but might also have played a role in the emergence of the first “nation state”.
Believed to possess magical qualities, amulets were once widely used. They range from amber pendants worn during Denmark’s Mesolithic age to wind chimes found at Pompeii.
As US protesters deface monuments of once revered leaders, they are drawing from an ancient tradition used by both marginalized people and those in power.
Through archaeological studies of architecture, excavated trade goods, and ecofacts we can trace globalisation back thousands of years.
An estimated 1.75 million ibises were deposited at a single location in ancient Egypt. But the birds disappeared entirely from the region around 1850, and no one knows why.
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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
