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The Strange History Of Canopic Jars, The Ancient Egyptian Vessels That Held The Viscera Of Mummies
In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...
5,000-year-old royal tomb may prove China had kings before dynasties began
In central China, archaeologists have unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal tomb, potentially belonging to a prehistoric king. The ...
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An Infant Jar Burial from Zarnūqa: Muslim Funerary Practices and Migrant Communities in Late Ottoman Palestine Muslim Funerary Practices and Migrant Communities in Late ...
The burial and grain jars were of Egyptian origin. In this article we present an updated inventory of Muslim jar burials from historical Palestine. When analyzed against this database, the Zarnūqa ...
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What's Inside These Ancient Egyptian Jars? | NOVA - PBS
A nearly 3,000-year-old canopic jar is discovered in an Egyptian tomb. Learn more about these ancient burial traditions. Publish Date: 3/19/25 Topic: Ancient Worlds Ancient Worlds NOVA ...
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Sealed 5,000-year-old wine jars from ancient Egypt unearthed
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered hundreds of large ancient jars that contain remains of 5,000-year-old wine. Researchers with a German-Austrian archaeological mission found a vast quantity ...
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Egyptian priestess mummy unearthed from 'extraordinary' tomb after 4,000 years - New York Post
A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Named Idy, her remains were found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb ...
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Jungle graveyard mystifies experts - News24
Phnom Pel, Cambodia – Over a hundred "burial jars" and a dozen coffins arranged on a ledge in an remote Cambodian jungle have for centuries held the bones – and secrets – of mysterious people who ...