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Who stabbed Ginger in the back? Scan reveals 5,500-year-old murder mystery of British Museum's most famous mummy

Who stabbed Ginger in the back? Scan reveals 5,500-year-old murder mystery of British Museum's most famous mummy | Ancient Egypt and Nubia | Scoop.it
Digital scans undertaken by British Museum staff discovered a puncture beneath his left shoulderblade was made by his murderer...
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What is in the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead?

What is in the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead? | Ancient Egypt and Nubia | Scoop.it

‘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."

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