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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.

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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown MethodA photo of the mummified remains resting a in wooden box with a glass cover. The photo shows the upper body of the mummy with its head on display. The face has decayed down to the skull, demonstrating a rictus smile and empty eye sockets. The skin is light brown and leathery and the corpse is holding a small cross.
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Exceptionally Well-Preserved Austrian Mummy Was Embalmed With Previously Unknown Method

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The Exploding Pope: What Happens When Embalming Goes Wrong?statue of pope pius XII

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The Exploding Pope: What Happens When Embalming Goes Wrong?statue of pope pius XII
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The Exploding Pope: What Happens When Embalming Goes Wrong?

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Towers Of Silence: Why Humans Have Fed The Dead To Vultures For Over 3,000 Yearsa round tower in a desert where bodies are left to be fed on by vultures

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Towers Of Silence: Why Humans Have Fed The Dead To Vultures For Over 3,000 Yearsa round tower in a desert where bodies are left to be fed on by vultures
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Towers Of Silence: Why Humans Have Fed The Dead To Vultures For Over 3,000 Years

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Graveyard Vs Cemetery: Is There A Difference?tombstones packed close together in a graveyard

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Graveyard Vs Cemetery: Is There A Difference?tombstones packed close together in a graveyard
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Graveyard Vs Cemetery: Is There A Difference?

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Why Do We Bury People In Coffins And Not Just In The Ground?a coffin in a graveyard

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Why Do We Bury People In Coffins And Not Just In The Ground?a coffin in a graveyard
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Why Do We Bury People In Coffins And Not Just In The Ground?

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Neanderthals And Modern Humans Started Burying Their Dead At The Same Time And PlaceHuman skeleton

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Neanderthals And Modern Humans Started Burying Their Dead At The Same Time And PlaceHuman skeleton
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Neanderthals And Modern Humans Started Burying Their Dead At The Same Time And Place

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What's The Oldest Human Burial In The World?Skulls of human skeletons in a burial chamber.

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What's The Oldest Human Burial In The World?Skulls of human skeletons in a burial chamber.
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What's The Oldest Human Burial In The World?

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World’s Oldest Liquid Wine Contains Surprising Ingredient – Cremated Human Remainsworld's oldest wine

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World’s Oldest Liquid Wine Contains Surprising Ingredient – Cremated Human Remainsworld's oldest wine
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World’s Oldest Liquid Wine Contains Surprising Ingredient – Cremated Human Remains

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Asian Elephants Have Been Seen Burying Their Dead Calves For First TimeWild Asian elephant mother and calf, Corbett National Park, India.

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Asian Elephants Have Been Seen Burying Their Dead Calves For First TimeWild Asian elephant mother and calf, Corbett National Park, India.
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Asian Elephants Have Been Seen Burying Their Dead Calves For First Time

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Cannibalistic Funerals, Necropants, And A Biological Bomb For A Tomb: 9 Tales From The Darker Side Of Sciencephoto of skull necropants and a tomb

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Cannibalistic Funerals, Necropants, And A Biological Bomb For A Tomb: 9 Tales From The Darker Side Of Sciencephoto of skull necropants and a tomb
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Cannibalistic Funerals, Necropants, And A Biological Bomb For A Tomb: 9 Tales From The Darker Side Of Science

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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than ThoughtA photo of archaeologists holding up the stone slab that formed the funerary stela. The photo is cropped so that you can only see three pairs of legs huddled around the stone - which is about hip height - and one individual wearing a white cap and a red t-shirt leaning in to point at the carvings.

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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than ThoughtA photo of archaeologists holding up the stone slab that formed the funerary stela. The photo is cropped so that you can only see three pairs of legs huddled around the stone - which is about hip height - and one individual wearing a white cap and a red t-shirt leaning in to point at the carvings.
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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than Thought

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Cannibalism Was A Common Funerary Practice In Europe 15,000 Years Agocannibalism funerary practice

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Cannibalism Was A Common Funerary Practice In Europe 15,000 Years Agocannibalism funerary practice
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Cannibalism Was A Common Funerary Practice In Europe 15,000 Years Ago

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Famous Neanderthal “Flower Burial” May Have Actually Been Made By... BeesWildflowers outside Shanidar Cave

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Famous Neanderthal “Flower Burial” May Have Actually Been Made By... BeesWildflowers outside Shanidar Cave
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Famous Neanderthal “Flower Burial” May Have Actually Been Made By... Bees

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Scent Of The Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Revealed In Mummification BalmCanopic jar of ancient Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay

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Scent Of The Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Revealed In Mummification BalmCanopic jar of ancient Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay
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Scent Of The Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Revealed In Mummification Balm

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Neanderthal “Flower Burial” Mystery At Shanidar Cave May Have Been Solvedshanidar cave flower burial bees

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Neanderthal “Flower Burial” Mystery At Shanidar Cave May Have Been Solvedshanidar cave flower burial bees
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Neanderthal “Flower Burial” Mystery At Shanidar Cave May Have Been Solved

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