Byrne The Siberian Ice Maiden is a 2400 year old mummy from Siberia‚ whose preserved corpse was discovered by Archaeologists excavating in the Altai Mountains‚ near the Chinese border. The Ice Maiden was discovered in 1993 during a process of a dig led by Natalya Polosmak‚ of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The archaeologists proved to be extremely lucky in the finding of the Ice Maiden as they nearly missed the tomb. Polosmak and her team were lead to a burial site by
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I decided to get on a plane and take a trip. I found myself in a wonderful place. One of the most amazing things I saw was a huge white building that looks like a palace -- but it’s really a tomb for a dead woman! Seems when the man’s wife died‚ he was so upset he wanted to build her the most beautiful tomb in the world. The architect who designed it was "rewarded" by having his eyes pulled out! (Some people say his hands were crushed too.) Whatever really happened‚ it was done so the man couldn’t
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Scientists believe she died from an abscess following a tooth extraction. Her mummy was found in the tomb of her nurse and later moved to the Cairo Museum‚ where it was identified. She was identified when scientists found the extracted tooth in one of her organ jars‚ and were able to match the tooth to the mummy. It is hard to believe that her mummy was identified only by a tooth‚ when most pharaohs have elaborate sarcophaguses and tombs with their names and personal belongings. After she died‚ Thutmose III
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found on a frozen mummy in today’s Maori. The mummy was 5‚200 years old. Tattoos were also discovered on ancient female mummies in Northern Egypt. At first archeologists thought the mummies were slaves or servants to royalty but‚ the mummies were located in a queen’s tomb. The mummies had tattooed symbols throughout the body. Speculation among the archeologists was said to be that the tattoos are a healing power and were put on the body were it hurt. The mummies in the tomb are also documented
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Nefertari is also shown in statues as being equal in size to Ramses II‚ a rarity. The size of her statue indicates her as equal importance to the pharaoh. Additionally‚ in her tomb she is painted with red skin. This is different from normal Egyptian women who are painted yellow. Her skin matches the gods not goddesses in her tomb. Also‚ skin color was a sign of what class they were in. Darker skin normally represented those who worked in the sun (peasants). Nefertari’s dark skin may be symbolic of
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Marquise of Dai is known as one of the best Ancient bodies ever Preserved! Surprisingly Xin Zhu is a 2‚100 year old mummy and amazed scientists around the world because of her preservation. Lady Dai was discovered in a hill known as Mawangdui‚ in Changsha‚ Hunan‚ China. The remains of her body were stumbled on by workers digging an air raid shelter for a hospital in 1971 . As well as her tomb there also were two other bodies found‚ her husband and a young man said to be her son. She was the wife of King
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| | Egyptian Gods | | | | | | | | God of | Name | Appearance | Sun | Ra | head of falcon and sun disk | Music | Hathor | horns of cow and sun disk | Destruction | Sekhmet | head of lion | Sky | Nut | blue with golden stars | Earth | Geb | colour of plants and Nile mud | Dead | Osiris | dressed in white with crook and flail | Desert | Seth | animal head with long curved snout | Pharoah | Horus | head of hawk and crown of Egypt | Magic | Isis | throne on head or
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while out hunting in the desert. Speculation surrounding Tutankhamen’s death has been rife since his tomb was broken into in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter. X-rays of the mummy taken in 1968 indicated a swelling at the base of the skull‚ suggesting “King Tut” was killed by a blow to the head. More recent studies using CT medical scanner however‚ revealed he suffered a badly broken
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does the Europe’s oldest natural human mummy conceal? The ice mummy‚ also known as Otzi‚ has been discovered well-preserved in the snows of the border between Austria and Italy. The most striking phenomenon of the excavated treasure is that its age prevails somewhat 3000 years. To be exact‚ Otzi has been walking on the fields and carrying his copper axe with other not less interesting artifacts around about 3‚300 BC. The mystery about the death of the ice mummy still remains unsolved‚ but there are
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Tutankhamun has created one of the most memorable stories of history in the ancient Egyptian history. Tutankhamen‚ one of the king of Egypt who had the smallest reign and his death tomb‚ was discovered late in 1922 by a historian Howard Carter. He started his leadership role as the king of Egypt with the name Tutankhaten which is thought to mean “Living Image of the Aten” and he changed it to Tutankhamun when he relocated to Thebes after abandoning Akhenaten. It is believed Tutankhamun was the son
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