The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.
Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were constructed — and you can see them at the California Science Center.
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Scientists uncover 7,000-year-old desert mummies with shocking nonhuman DNA
In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old ...
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7,000-year-old mummies reveal how the world’s largest hot desert once had lakes, and forests
New genetic findings from 7,000-year-old mummies in Libya are rewriting ancient history. These individuals belong to a unique North African ancestry, previously unknown to scientists. This discovery ...
EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...
They're older than King Tut, Ötzi the Iceman, and even the ones found in the Atacama Desert. Across southeastern Asia, researchers have identified dozens of mummies that are between 4,000 and 11,00 ...
Prostate cancer found in a 2,250-year-old mummy was caused by genetics and not environment, according to researchers. The mummy at the National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon had a pattern of tumors ...
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