The ancient crocodile was mummified, probably as an offering to Sobek. Credit: Lidija McKnight, Author provided What do you think of when you think about ancient Egyptian mummies? Perhaps your mind takes you back to a school trip to the museum, when you came face to face with a mummified person inside a glass case.
The water course of the ancient Ahramat Branch borders a large number of pyramids dating from the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period, spanning between the Third Dynasty and the Thirteenth Dynasty. Credit: Eman Ghoneim Some 31 pyramids in Egypt, including the Giza pyramid complex, may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch
Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source written by researcher(s) proofread by Or Graur, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky?
Museum August Kestner, Hannover. Credit: Christian Tepper In 1900—some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen—British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In tomb KV42, Carter found the remains of a noblewoman called Senetnay, who died around 1450 BCE. More than a century later, a French perfumer