Analysis of deep sediments around the Nile River in Egypt has shown a massive drought 4,200 years ago contributed to the end of Egypt's pyramid-building era.
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"Joann Fletcher told us last week how Kha and Merit, a Theban couple from 3,500 years ago, passed their days. This week she unravels the elaborate world of their death – more important for an ancient Egyptian, since this world was merely a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife." Delete the scoop?
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‘The Book of the Dead’—it sounds so ominous and creepy. One may picture a priestess chanting spells as a dusty mummy jerks up in his sarcophagus, but what is really in these mysterious sacred texts?
Well, it was kind of like a first aid kit, travel insurance and a bible all rolled into one totable papyrus." Delete the scoop?
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