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Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C. – early 1st century AD. — 01 May 2017

Decapitation? No Problem. The Magic of Restoration: Ancient Myths and Practices of Plastic Surgery

By MartiniF

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Plastic surgery, not just a modern practice, has always existed and was shrouded in mystery, magic, and eroticism.An Indian physician named Sushruta, who was widely regarded in India as the “father of surgery”, wrote one of the world’s...
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Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C. – early 1st century AD. — 01 May 2017

Decapitation? No Problem. The Magic of Restoration: Ancient Myths and Practices of Plastic Surgery

By MartiniF

Archaeology & Science

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Plastic surgery, not just a modern practice, has always existed and was shrouded in mystery, magic, and eroticism.An Indian physician named Sushruta, who was widely regarded in India as the “father of surgery”, wrote one of the world’s...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Dr Chris Naunton and Roy Lester Pond); Deriv. — 28 Apr 2017

Unraveling Tutankhamun’s Final Secret: Enigmatic Sarcophagus the Key to Proof of a Double Burial? – Part II

By anand balaji

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The sarcophagus in which Tutankhamun was interred upon his untimely demise in the confines of his tomb has for long puzzled Egyptologists. The existence of anomalies on its surface is perplexing. Even though it is obvious today that the coffer was...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: Dr Chris Naunton and Roy Lester Pond); Deriv. — 28 Apr 2017

Unraveling Tutankhamun’s Final Secret: Enigmatic Sarcophagus the Key to Proof of a Double Burial? – Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The sarcophagus in which Tutankhamun was interred upon his untimely demise in the confines of his tomb has for long puzzled Egyptologists. The existence of anomalies on its surface is perplexing. Even though it is obvious today that the coffer was...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 26 Apr 2017

Unraveling Tutankhamun’s Final Secret: Cloak of Mysteries Reside in a Sepulchral Masterpiece–Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Are we poised to discover an Amarna royal in a hitherto unimagined location that will rewrite history — or will this be the final nail in the coffin for the ‘double burial’ theory? It is quite possible that the sarcophagus of the boy-king...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 26 Apr 2017

Unraveling Tutankhamun’s Final Secret: Cloak of Mysteries Reside in a Sepulchral Masterpiece–Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Are we poised to discover an Amarna royal in a hitherto unimagined location that will rewrite history — or will this be the final nail in the coffin for the ‘double burial’ theory? It is quite possible that the sarcophagus of the boy-king...
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Base of the Emblem of Anubis (Dmitry Denisenkov/CC BY-SA 2.0), Papyrus (Pubic Domain), and Ka Statue (Photo: Heidi Kontkanen). Design by Anand Balaji; Deriv. — 14 Apr 2017

A Curious Case of Linen for Papyri—Lifting the Veil off the Lack of Written Materials in Tut's Tomb

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The tomb of the last ruler of the Amarna bloodline, the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, yielded a wealth of anomalies: beginning with the tiny size of his burial place, the appropriation of funerary goods – a majority from a mysterious female...
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Base of the Emblem of Anubis (Dmitry Denisenkov/CC BY-SA 2.0), Papyrus (Pubic Domain), and Ka Statue (Photo: Heidi Kontkanen). Design by Anand Balaji; Deriv. — 14 Apr 2017

A Curious Case of Linen for Papyri—Lifting the Veil off the Lack of Written Materials in Tut's Tomb

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The tomb of the last ruler of the Amarna bloodline, the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, yielded a wealth of anomalies: beginning with the tiny size of his burial place, the appropriation of funerary goods – a majority from a mysterious female...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 29 Mar 2017

The Magic, Mystery and Madness of Tomb 55: Shadowy Sovereigns and Risky Reburials–Part IV

By anand balaji

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The German Egyptologist Walther Wolf was unsparing in his description of Akhenaten, calling him a man who epitomized “sick ugliness and nervous decadence”. The greatest irony of the entire Amarna episode was that this pharaoh, who had...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 29 Mar 2017

The Magic, Mystery and Madness of Tomb 55: Shadowy Sovereigns and Risky Reburials–Part IV

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The German Egyptologist Walther Wolf was unsparing in his description of Akhenaten, calling him a man who epitomized “sick ugliness and nervous decadence”. The greatest irony of the entire Amarna episode was that this pharaoh, who had...
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