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Ancient Egypt
143

A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits

REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW Frank Holt’s very readable account of Ankh-Hap, a Ptolemaic-era mummy appropriated in the 19th century from a tomb in Egypt, is a unique, informative, and fascinating contribution to the study of ancient Egyptian mummified remains. The…

Left The digital unwrapping of ‘The Golden Boy’ mummy, which revealed many golden amulets hidden within his bandages. below The remains of the gilded mummy of Hekashepes, thought to be the oldest ‘golden mummy’ discovered so far.

Ancient Egypt
136

Golden mummies share their secrets

Many of the amulets are made of gold, including a golden tongue inside the mouth

CT scanning of the mummy of Pharaoh Seqenenre revealed new information about the head

World Archaeology
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CT scans reveal a pharaoh’s violent death

Detailed study of the injuries to Seqenenre’s head has indicated that they were caused by several different weapons, suggesting that he was killed by multiple attackers