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Mummy coffins on display in part in the permanent Egyptian collection and also part of the 'Queens of the Nile' Exhibition held at the National Museum of Antiquities or Rijksmuseum van Oudheden on November 30, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. With 350 prized Egyptian pieces, including royal portraits, statues of deities, sophisticated jewellery, amulets and precious utensils, plus the sarcophagus and grave goods of Queen Nefertari, from the Museo Egizio in Turin. This is the first time that such a large exhibition on the queens of Egypt has been organised in the Netherlands.

5 stunning archaeological discoveries that may finally be unearthed in 2023

By Owen Jarus published

Here are five predictions about what archaeologists may dig up in 2023.

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A mummy found at the necropolis in Philadelphia, Egypt. Some of the mummies had portraits of the deceased buried with them.

10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

From mummies with gold-plated tongues to a pyramid built for a previously unknown queen, here are 10 spectacular discoveries about ancient Egypt from 2022.

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One of the newfound mummy portraits, seen here, is painted on a linen shroud.

Ancient mummy portraits and rare Isis-Aphrodite idol discovered in Egypt

By Owen Jarus published

For the first time in 50 years, archaeologists have discovered Fayum mummy portraits at an ancient Egyptian site.

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The remains of a gold tongue found on a mummy from ancient Egypt.

Gold tongues found in 2,000-year-old mummies in Egypt

By Owen Jarus published

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered several ancient mummies with gold tongues, which were thought to help transform the deceased into divine beings.

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A gold mummy that is part of the museum exhibition.

Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies, new exhibit reveals

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

It's long been believed that mummification was meant to preserve the dead. It turns out that notion is dead wrong.

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A newly found pyramid near Cairo.

Hundreds of mummies and pyramid of an unknown queen unearthed at Saqqara

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

On the 100-year anniversary of unearthing King Tut's tomb, archaeologists discover hundreds of tombs and mummies buried in Giza.

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This photo shows the mummy of Tutankhamun being moved during conservation work. King Tut's mummy has been "significantly altered" from how he looked during his lifetime, so it's difficult to make an accurate reconstruction of him.

What did King Tut look like?

By Owen Jarus last updated

Egyptologists studying King Tutankhamun are piecing together what he may have looked like based on the remains of his mummy, personal artifacts, pharaoh portraits and figurines of his likeness.

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Two facial reproductions of a female Egyptian mummy.

Face of ancient Egyptian 'Mysterious Lady' mummy revealed in stunningly lifelike reconstructions

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

The identity of an Egyptian mummy has baffled archaeologists for centuries. Now they know what she may have looked like.

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Two trophy heads, one of a child and one of a woman.

Nazca child ingested psychoactive cactus just before ceremonial death in ancient Peru

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

A hair sample from an ancient trophy head found buried in Peru reveals that the victim consumed a psychoactive plant prior to death.

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The child mummy, a member of the Austrian aristocracy, was found wrapped in a silk-hooded coat.

'Complete lack of sunlight' killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

CT scans of the child's mummy show that the toddler, a descendant of an Austrian count, died from a vitamin D deficiency due to lack of sunlight.

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