A 2,000-year-old temple is being restored to its original spectacular colors, adding new meaning to its ancient Egyptian inscriptions

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Tourists examine inscriptions in the Temple of Horus in Edfu
The interior walls of the temple of Edfu have been covered in grime, but now it's newly restored.

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Excavators studying ancient Egyptian tombs discovered that even the ultra-wealthy suffered from disease and malnutrition

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An empty tomb with some construction markers in Aswan, Egypt
A joint mission of the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has been studying tombs in Aswan, Egypt for several years, learning much about how the people lived and died.

Mission of the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (EIMAWA)

Researchers were surprised to discover a second fetus inside a 2,000-year-old mummy over 100 years after archeologists found it

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A mummified woman's head and shoulders with her hair in braids and face turned to the side
Though the mummified woman's head is missing, a photograph of her remains.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain

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A picture shows ancient tissue with two teeth sticking out of it, next to a ruler placed for scale.
An ancient tumor was uncovered in an Egyptian burial site.

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An ancient Egyptian book of spells to guide the dead in the afterlife was found buried with mummies

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A picture shows the inside of a sarcophagus, in which is placed an ancient Egyptian mummy in good state of conservation , under an ornate cartonnage and a mask representing the deceased's face.
An photo of a mummy found at the Tuna al-Gebel site, presented at a press conference on October 15.

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An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh

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Side-by-side images show vistas from the tomb. On the left, a picture shows the ruins of an ancient tomb buried in a sandy landscape. The tomb's walls draw two concentric squares in the ground. On the right, ancient wine jars are seen half buried in the sand between narrow rectangular walls.
Side-by-side images show the tomb complex of Meret-Neith in Abydos, next to a picture of 5,000-year-old wine jars found in the grave.

Sunken ancient temples were found in a mysterious underwater city, with Egyptian and Greek treasures

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Images show Grecian artefacts buried in mud underwater on the left, and gold Egyptian artefacts on the right.
Side-by-side images show ancient artifact found in the mud in the Thonis-Heracleion site in the Aboukir Bay in Egypt.

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