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Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

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Once known as “Pharaoh’s Daughter”, the 3000-year-old male mummy took a bizarre path to a cupboard in Glasgow.

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Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

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Mummy Maker. Enter the embalmer's workshop, where you are to prepare the body of Ramose, officer to the king, for burial.The chief embalmer, ... Hands on History: Ancient Britain.