Earlier, we wrote about archaeologists finding mummies with gold tongues and colored masks. Also, read about scientists discovering artifacts that significantly impact the theory of human evolution.
A study of ancient Egyptian mummies has shown that schistosomiasis and malaria hounded the pharaohs. The Nile likely dictated which diseases were most common in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Thirty-one ...
Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window ...
Not to put too fine a point on it, a mummy is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin, but ...
While the ancient Egyptians may be the best-known mummy makers, they were far from the first. A very sophisticated fishing tribe called the Chinchoros, who lived on the north coast of what is now ...
New archeological discoveries in Egypt have revealed incredible ancient sites, such as the Cemetery of Khuwy and a mysterious ...
This story appears in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies ...
Alex Ebkarian, COO and co-founder of Allegiance Gold, says the price of gold "shot higher and beyond [record highs] due to a confluence of economic and geopolitical issues like rising inflation, a ...
Gold has been an essential component in the financial reserves of nations for centuries, and its appeal is showing no sign of diminishing, with central banks set to be net purchasers of gold once ...
While gold investing has been enticing for decades, the glimmer of gold has been shining brighter recently, especially over the last few months. That's due, in part, to the precious metal seeing ...
If you plan to diversify your portfolio in light of recent events, investing in gold stocks could be a good choice. Gold stocks not only track the movements of gold prices that tend to rise in ...
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