Read more ancient Egypt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15548/ancient-egypt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:43:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a finding that pokes holes in the thinking that our modern fast-food lifestyle is behind heart disease, scientists have discovered that Egypt’s mummies, too, had hardened arteries. “Atherosclerosis is not just a disease of modern times,” one researcher tells WebMD . “It’s part of the human condition.” CT scans found...http://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74238/vanished-persian-army-turns-up-in-sand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian archaeologists in Egypt claim to have unearthed evidence of a 6th-century BC Persian military folly once thought mythical. Herodotus described an army of 50,000 Persians sent by their emperor, Cambyses, to destroy an oracle that had spoken ill of his ambitions. The army was, according to lore, beset...http://www.newser.com/story/74238/vanished-persian-army-turns-up-in-sand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:21:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56878/opening-her-tomb-wont-tell-us-who-cleopatra-was.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the tomb that archaeologists are about to start excavating in Egypt really is Cleopatra’s, what will that really tell us about the legendary queen? Aside from possibly clearing up questions about her heritage and cause of death, probably not much, writes Cleopatra expert Stacy Schiff in the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/56878/opening-her-tomb-wont-tell-us-who-cleopatra-was.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:05:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56610/archaeologist-cleopatra-mark-antony-tomb-is-close.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn eccentric Egyptian archaeologist believes he knows where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were buried, the AP reports. An excavation team has uncovered a mask fragment with an Antony-style cleft chin, coins bearing Cleopatra’s likeness, and 10 mummies from the same time period in the Toposiris Magna temple, hinting that the...http://www.newser.com/story/56610/archaeologist-cleopatra-mark-antony-tomb-is-close.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 15:29:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54829/nefertiti-bust-may-be-ancient-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNefertiti’s image as a flawless beauty of antiquity may not be entirely accurate, Reuters reports. New computer scans reveal a slightly different face at the core layer of the Egyptian queen’s famous 3,300-year-old bust than the finely chiseled planes of the statue’s surface—one with a bumpy nose, less...http://www.newser.com/story/54829/nefertiti-bust-may-be-ancient-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 7:39:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50573/egypt-unveils-ancient-mummy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIlluminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing—for the first time since it was sealed in antiquity—a perfectly preserved mummy. Wrapped in dark-stained canvas, the mummy is part of Egypt's discovery of...http://www.newser.com/story/50573/egypt-unveils-ancient-mummy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 19:01:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46047/4300-year-old-tombs-unveiled-near-cairo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, Egypt's top archaeologist said today. "We announce today a major, important discovery at Saqqara, the discovery of two new tombs dating back to 4,300 years...http://www.newser.com/story/46047/4300-year-old-tombs-unveiled-near-cairo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 19:48:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34336/dna-tests-set-for-baby-girls-in-king-tuts-tomb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 3,000-year-old mummified remains of two stillborn baby girls found in King Tutankhamun's tomb will undergo DNA testing to dermine their relationship to Egypt's famous boy king and Queen Nefertiti. The babies' remains were discovered in Tut's tomb in 1922 but never publicly displayed, reports the BBC.http://www.newser.com/story/34336/dna-tests-set-for-baby-girls-in-king-tuts-tomb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 2:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33895/dirty-jokes-of-the-ancients-unearthed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAcademics studying ancient texts have discovered bawdy jokes that wouldn't be out of place in a Farrelly brothers movie, the Daily Telegraph reports. "What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before?" asks a thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon manuscript. "Answer: A key.”http://www.newser.com/story/33895/dirty-jokes-of-the-ancients-unearthed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 Aug 2008 8:57:36 CDT