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Tutankhamen 'killed by sickle-cell disease'
(Jun 26, 2010)
King Tutankhamen, Egypt's boy king, was killed by the inherited blood
disorder sickle-cell disease – not malaria. So says a German
team in what appears to be the best shot yet at solving the mystery
of the pharaoh's early demise.
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more. Source: New Scientist |
'Oldest leather shoe' discovered
(Jun 10, 2010)
The oldest example of a leather shoe has been discovered by archaeologists
in a cave in Armenia. At 5,500 years old, the well preserved cow-hide
shoe pre-dates Stonehenge by 400 years and the Pyramids of Giza by
1,000 years. It was made of a single piece of leather and was shaped
to fit the wearer's foot, the researchers say.
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more. Source: BBC |
'Roman gladiators' link to York skeleton find
(Jun 9, 2010)
The mystery of 1,800-year-old remains unearthed in York may have been
solved thanks to bite and hammer marks on their decapitated skulls.
Archaeologists have exhumed 80 skeletons from gardens at Driffield
Terrace over the past decade. The results of forensic work on the
skeletons suggests they may be part of the world's only well-preserved
Roman gladiator cemetery.
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more. Source: BBC |
Lost ancient Memphis tomb rediscovered
(Jun 3, 2010)
A lost ancient Egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists
in the desert sands south of Cairo. The 3,300-year-old tomb is believed
to belong to a mayor of the ancient capital of Memphis. It was originally
discovered by artefact hunters in the 19th century, who then lost
the tomb's location.
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more. Source: BBC |
Face of Stirling Castle warrior reconstructed
(May 18, 2010)
A reconstruction has revealed the face of a medieval knight whose
skeleton was discovered at Stirling Castle. Experts are now attempting
to discover the identity of the warrior, who is likely to have been
killed in the 13th or 14th century. The skeleton is one of 10 excavated
from the site of a lost royal chapel at the castle. The skeleton of
a woman was found near the knight.
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more. Source: BBC |
Ptolemaic statue and temple gate discovered
at Taposiris Magna
(May 5, 2010)
Archaeologists excavating at Taposiris Magna, a site west of Alexandria,
have discovered a huge headless granite statue of a Ptolemaic king,
and the original gate to a temple dedicated to the god Osiris. In
a statement issued by the SCA, Dr Zahi Hawass says that the monumental
sculpture, which is a traditional figure of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh
wearing collar and kilt, could represent Ptolemy IV, the pharaoh who
constructed the Taposiris Magna temple.
Read
more. Source: The Guardian |
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