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Camping tents and sleeping bags may get the glory, but your camping table is arguably the MVP of any camping trip. That’s because it’s the glue that ties together the best camp kitchens, acting as the ...

Mummification is among the best-known religious practices of the ancient Egyptians, yet apart from a few textual descriptions and tomb paintings, very little is known about the facilities where this ...

As avid puzzlers know full well, the humble jigsaw puzzle is a thing of beauty in multiple ways. Not only are jigsaws an absorbing time sink, but multiple studies have demonstrated they are good for ...

We dig into the missing heart of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun and what archaeologists have learned a century since the discovery of the young pharaoh’s tomb. This spectacular mask represents an ...

Clockwise from top left: Excavation of burial shaft, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith; cache of embalming vessels, Abusir, Egypt; canopic jars of Wahibre-mery-Neith On the western ...