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Ancient Egyptian tomb was filled with magical spells to ward off snake bites
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPhoto of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with the engraving of the Egyptian god Banebjedet....
2,300-year-old Egyptian mummification workshops found at Saqqara
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA painted human-shaped sarcophagus on a table under a tent. Two ancient mummification workshops —...
3,500-year-old tombs of two royal officials opened in Egypt. See the treasures inside
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoIf walls could talk, these ancient Egyptian tombs would have centuries’ worth of stories to tell —...
Historians Entered an Egyptian Chamber of Serpents. The Curse It Hid Was Chilling.
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis Ancient Tomb Shows Off A Snake Fixation© Marc Mateos - Getty Images A 2,500-year-old tomb...
Mystery of 'impossible' ancient Egyptian statue may be solved
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA white limestone statue showing two individuals. One is a statue of a pharaoh and the other is a...
British Museum launches hieroglyphs exhibition to mark special anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoThe British Museum has launched a major exhibition to mark 200 years since the decipherment of...
‘Unusual’ writing on 4,000-year-old tablets decoded as lost language, study says
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoWith a wedge-shaped pen, a scribe sat down with a clay tablet and began writing. Dividing the tablet...
'Ritual text' from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA broken clay tablet with cuneiform against a black background. . Words from a "lost" language...
Losing the library
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAntique books . Around 300 B.C., King Ptolemy I — the new ruler of Egypt and a former general of Alexander the Great — tasked an adviser with a modest...
The 5,000-year history of writer's block
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe romantic image of the writer doesn't do justice to the tedious reality of churning out words, one after another. fcscafeine/iStock via Getty...