Skin Deep: Behind a Mysterious Balm, a Self-Made Pharaoh
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A product named Egyptian Magic, sold mainly by word of mouth, attracts celebrities.
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Reporter Alexander Gelfand has his likeness immortalized with new 3-D printing technology. Photographs by Ryan Brenizer.
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The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.
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Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a 3,500-year-old corpse as female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, scientists are still analyzing the DNA to try to back up the claim aired on TV.
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A. J. Jacobs is a specialist in dubious achievements. This memoir details his reality-show version of living by rules set forth in the Bible.
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Washington - The face of a man who died and was mummified in Egypt 3 000 years ago has been modelled, using special CAT scans and without unwrapping his bandages, Italian researchers said on Wednesday.
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The piece offers a notable transformation of physical detail into a persuasive choreographic metaphor for the loss of self.
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A recent chemical analysis of preserved mummies has revealed that when it came to mummification, ancient Egyptians treated animals every bit as well as humans.
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A discovery may provide insights about the farmers and some answers to the questions of how, why and when Egyptians adopted farming.
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LONDON - Fashionable women in ancient Rome applied a beauty cream that wasn&#39;t all that different from today&#39;s cosmetics, researchers say.
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An artist known for contrasting nature and culture continues to explore visual and behavioral patterns with new videos.
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People, even rulers, sometimes permit themselves to do things they have always wanted to do but never dared. This is the situation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who realized that he had an unrepeatable
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The fashion conscious women of Roman Britain used a tin-based foundation to get a pale and appealing look. The evidence comes from a sealed pot of ointment found at an archaeological dig in Southwark, south London, last year.
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Charred and brittle bits of fabric are providing new insights into the lives of prehistoric people, thanks to advances in chemical analysis of textiles.
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Archeologists found a small container with a whitish medicinal or cosmetic cream made up of animal fat, starch and tin oxide. Researchers writing in the November edition of the British magazine Nature say
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Archaeologists believe they have solved the longstanding mystery of how Otzi, the world's most famous iceman, met his end.
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The mummy of King Tutankhamun is to be X-rayed in an attempt to solve the mystery of how the teenage Pharaoh died at age 17, Egypt's chief archaeologist said Sunday.