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a href= http://www.britishmuseum.org target= _blank The British Museum /a has always sought new ways to explore its collection, using the latest s Via International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Shonda Brock 
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The British museum already teems with spooky objects. Could an ancient Assyrian artwork prove one curse too many, asks Jonathan Jones Via Shonda Brock
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March 28, 2014 10:05 AM
Would you work the night shift in the British Museum?
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Researchers discover the earliest confirmed case of cancer in a 25 year old man who lived in ancient Egyptian times. Via ARCE-NOLA
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Researchers analysing mummy wrappings say the practice started in the First Intermediate Period. Via Troy Mccomas (troy48), Experience Nubia, Shonda Brock
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Imaging technology shows tattoo with name of the Archangel Michael on remains of young Egyptian woman from 700 A.D. Via Shonda Brock
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March 27, 2014 10:07 AM
A mummy of an Egyptian woman dating back to 700 A.D. has been stripped to reveal a tattoo on her thigh that displays the name of the biblical archangel Michael. |
A new exhibition at the British Museum will showcase recent research on ancient Egyptian and Sudanese ‘mummies’, with state-of-the-art technology enabling visitors to virtually explore inside mummy cases and examine the bodies underneath the wrappings