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Beyond the tombs and riches, life in ancient Egypt wasn’t so luxurious, after all.
Museum August Kestner, Hannover. Photo: Christian Tepper.
This Egyptian noblewoman was sweetly scented upon her death, researchers have discovered. And they’ve teamed up with a perfumer to recreate her scent.
Cleopatra (centre) is played by a black actress, Adele James, in the new Netflix docudrama series.
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The ethnicity outcry says more about today’s preoccupations with race than ancient Egypt’s.
Howard Carter examining the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
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From the curse that the papers latched on to new research suggesting that Howard Carter stole objects from the tomb, Tutankhamun’s discovery continues to grab attention.
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Some spiritualists in the 1920s moaned that Tutankhamun appeared almost too often.
Khonshu the moon God takes centre stage in Marvel’s Moon Knight.
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Lesser-known gods are featured in the Marvel series, which has pleased experts and fans alike.