Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Saqqara, Egypt, 2018
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(Ramadan Hussein, Saqqara Saite Tombs Project)
Features March/April 2014
During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal mummies to petition the gods, inspiring the rise of a massive religious industry
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Courtesy The Brooklyn Museum
Digs & Discoveries July/August 2013
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(Wikimedia Commons)
Artifacts May 1, 2011
Until now, an artificial leg made of bronze and wood and found buried with a Roman aristocrat in southern Italy dating to 300 B.C. was thought to be the first prosthesis. Finch's work suggests, however, that the Egyptians be credited with pioneering prosthetic medicine.
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