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Museum removes Egyptian mummy from display 'to respect her wishes"
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (820+ words) By MAANYA SACHDEVA, ASSOCIATE LIFESTYLE EDITOR Manchester Museum has removed an Egyptian mummy on display for over 200 years to 'respect her wishes'. Curators said they decided to stop showing the 2,700-year-old remains of a woman named Asru in a decision…...
Archaeologists Just Opened a 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb, and the Colors Are Still There
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (249+ words) In the sands south of Cairo, archaeologists just opened a tomb that has sat untouched for over four thousand years, and what they found inside wasn't just old. It was oddly, almost impossibly, well preserved. A Spanish-Egyptian mission has unearthed…...
Addressing the Prehistoric Egyptian
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...
What Is Spolia? Roman Reuse at Sardis
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (569+ words) What does spolia mean? At Sardis, archaeologists found a late Roman wall built with pieces of an older temple, alongside other evidence of stones reused in streets and monuments. The post What Is Spolia? How Roman Sardis Reused Its Ancient…...
Why a Manchester museum has removed its last mummy from display
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (827+ words) The mummified body of the woman named Asru has been placed back in its coffin The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian woman has been removed from a museum exhibition after more than 200 years on display as part of efforts…...
Mystery of mummified 'Screaming Woman' solved after 3,000 years, claims expert
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (602+ words) The mysterious ‘Screaming Woman’ was discovered in 1935, but modern CT scans have given researchers new insight The mystery behind why a mummified Egyptian woman has been silently ‘screaming’ for 3,000 years could finally have been solved. The mummified remains of the…...
Horrifying Facts You Need To Know About The Roman Empire
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (725+ words) worldatlas.com The Roman Empire is remembered as one of the greatest civilizations in history. While true, this greatness came at a cost. Like most other formidable powers, there are many horrifying facts about Rome. Whether it's the Roman Republic's…...
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Pitzer Classics Professor Brings Her Roman Republic Argument to Vroman’s Tonight
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (288+ words) Michelle Berenfeld, the John A. McCarthy Professor of Classics at Pitzer College, discusses and signs her book “Lessons from a Lost Republic: What Ancient Rome Can Teach Us about This American Moment” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado…...