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history25 days ago•52 min saved

Tutankhamun’s trumpets: from 3,000 years of silence to a modern museum echo

Two ornate trumpets from Tutankhamun’s tomb—one silver, one bronze—were famously blown during a 1939 BBC broadcast, creating a rare sonic link between ancient Egypt and the modern world. Today they reside in climate-controlled displays at the Grand Egyptian Museum, with stringent security and conservation measures that make future performances unlikely, highlighting the delicate balance between preservation and public access.

via currently.att.yahoo.com|

#archaeology #cultural-heritage #egyptian-trumpets

science1 month ago•12 min saved

Tutankhamun’s Dagger Was Forged from a Meteorite, Not Earth

New analyses confirm Tutankhamun’s iron dagger is meteoritic iron, with nickel and cobalt ratios matching iron meteorites rather than terrestrial ore. Earlier 2016 results and a 2022 follow-up converge on a meteoritic origin and point to a close match with the Kharga meteorite, though the exact source remains uncertain. The dagger’s hilt and other iron artifacts are still under study, highlighting Bronze Age sky-iron use and the craft, trade, and linguistic context surrounding “iron of the sky.”

via Space Daily|

#archaeology #egypt #meteorites

world10 months ago•3 min saved

Egypt's $1 Billion Grand Museum Opens After Two-Decade Wait

Egypt inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza pyramids after two decades of construction, showcasing a vast collection of antiquities including treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb, aiming to boost tourism and cultural pride.

via Reuters|

#antiquities #egypt #gem

culture10 months ago•6 min saved

Egypt's Grand Museum Opens, Showcasing King Tut's Treasures for the First Time in Over a Century

Egypt has opened the Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza, showcasing 100,000 artifacts including the full display of Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, aiming to boost tourism and cultural pride, while also fueling calls for the repatriation of Egyptian antiquities held abroad.

via BBC|

#culture #egyptian-antiquities #egyptology

world10 months ago•2 min saved

Grand Egyptian Museum Opens with 50,000 Artifacts, Boosting Tourism

The Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest dedicated to Ancient Egypt, opens its doors with over 100,000 artefacts, including treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb, offering a blend of ancient history and modern sustainable design, and aims to attract up to five million visitors annually.

via Euronews.com|

#ancient-egypt #egypt #grand-egyptian-museum

science1 year ago•2 min saved

King Tut's Tomb Fungus Reveals Potential Cancer-Fighting Properties

Scientists have identified a toxic fungus, Aspergillus flavus, in Tutankhamun's tomb that produces compounds similar to chemotherapy drugs, potentially revolutionizing cancer treatment and dispelling the myth of the pharaoh's curse.

via Daily Express|

#aspergillomycin #cancer #discovery

science1 year ago•2 min saved

Ancient Tomb Fungus Reveals Potential Cancer-Fighting Compounds

Scientists have discovered that the fungus Aspergillus flavus, found in Tutankhamun's tomb, produces compounds called asperigimycins that show promise in treating leukemia by disrupting cancer cell division, highlighting the potential of natural products in drug discovery.

via The Telegraph|

#aspergillosis #cancer #fungus

archaeology2 years ago•3 min saved

"Extraterrestrial Metals Found in 3,000-Year-Old Spanish Treasure"

A new analysis of the 3,000-year-old Treasure of Villena in Spain has revealed that some of the artifacts were made with meteoric iron, suggesting the use of extraterrestrial materials in ancient jewelry-making. The hoard, discovered in 1963, includes gold-plated objects such as a cap and bracelet containing the alien metal, likely from a meteor that crashed into Earth one million years ago. This finding sheds light on the transition from stone to bronze in ancient societies and suggests that using fallen meteorites to fashion objects was a common practice thousands of years ago, as seen in similar artifacts found in Tutankhamun's tomb.

via Daily Mail|

#ancient-treasures #archaeology #meteoric-iron