Scientists use airport body scanners to scan mummies
June 19th, 2010 - 3:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) An international team of scientists are trying out a new technique of using airport body scanners to conduct tests on ancient mummies.
The chemically preserved bodies are usually investigated ... Read more...
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DNA analysis key for solving mystery of King Tut’s origins
August 26th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, has said that harvesting DNA from ancient mummies would be the key to solving the mystery ... Read more...
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Nuclear science unravels mysteries of ancient mummies
July 8th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): A study has said that advanced nuclear science can shed new light into the well-being and nutrition of ancient mummies.Paleoradiology uses nuclear technologies such as X-rays, computed tomography ... Read more...
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South American mummies were victims of arsenic poisoning
July 5th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ... Read more...
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Ancient mummies, among other relics unearthed in Egypt
January 26th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
Cairo, Jan 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed ancient relics like Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri in the Deir Al-Banat cemetery in Fayoum, Egypt.According to a report in Al-Ahram Weekly, ... Read more...
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