Tag: mummy
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‘Dinosaur mummy’: Researchers believe they’ve found one of the best preserved dinosaurs ever
Credit: Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Canada Phys.org has a story about the discovery of another “dinosaur mummy”. A few years ago, a nodosaur found in Alberta, Canada was said to be the best preserved dinosaur ever. Now, researchers say they may have found an even better one. This specimen is a hadrosaur found in Dinosaur…
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‘She’s perfect and she’s beautiful’: Frozen baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon gold fields
CBC News has a story about the discovery of a mummified baby woolly mammoth. The animal lived about 35,000 years ago in the Canadian Yukon Territory near Eureka Creek, south of Dawson Creek. A gold miner was digging through muck with a front end loader when he discovered the find of a lifetime. A perfect…
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NYT: The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head
The New York Times has a story about a 4,000 year mystery, which involves a mummy’s head. Was it Mr. or Mrs. Djehutynakht’s (juh-HOO-tuh-knocked) head? Interesting story, read it to find out! In 1915, a team of American archaeologists excavating the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Deir el-Bersha blasted into a hidden tomb. Inside the cramped…
