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  2. Archaeology of Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The archaeology of Ancient Egypt is the study of the archaeology of Egypt, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. Egyptian archaeology is one of the branches of Egyptology . Napoleon 's invasion of Egypt in 1798 led to the Western passion for Egyptian antiquities. In the modern era, the Ministry of State for ...

  3. Murder of Sylvia Likens - Wikipedia

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    Victim of torture murder. Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her ...

  4. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Roman funerary art. Marble cinerary chest (90–110 AD), made by Marcus Domitius Primigenius "for himself, his freedmen and freedwomen, and their descendants": the deceased makes an offering to a reclining female figure who may be Mother Earth, with two attendants holding food and wine ( Metropolitan Museum of Art) [1] The funerary art of ...

  5. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] There can be considerable dispute as to whether individual early photographs actually show a dead person or not, often ...

  6. Hanging coffins - Wikipedia

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    Hanging coffins in China are known in Mandarin as xuanguan ( simplified Chinese: 悬 棺; traditional Chinese: 懸 棺; pinyin: xuán guān) which also means "hanging coffin". They are an ancient funeral custom of some ethnic minorities. The most famous hanging coffins are those which were made by the Bo people (now extinct) of Sichuan and Yunnan.

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    These Barbara Bootcut Jeans are designed to look as cute and sexy as that young'un in her 20s might wear, but they're designed for us older folk. With just the right amount of elasticity blended ...

  8. List of Egyptian mummies (officials, nobles, and commoners)

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    The mummy and coffin of Katebet are housed in the British Museum. She died as an elderly woman and was buried in a man's coffin altered for her use. Kha: Overseer of works Un­known 18th Male 1906 Kha was a foreman for the workers village of Deir el-Medina in the reigns of Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III.

  9. These 'forgiving' jeans are loved by women over 50 - AOL

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    This stretch denim pair is designed to sit at your natural waist with fully functional pockets, easy zipper fly, belt loops and a high rise. Available in a variety of shades, they also come hemmed ...