Use of silk in ancient Egypt

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The discovery of silk from an Egyptian mummy indicates that silk was in use in Egypt as far back as 1,000 BC. Infrared and amino acid analysis proved that the sample was silk while amino acid racemization proved that the silk was not a subsequent contamination. Researchers saw the silk during scanning electron microscopic examination of the mummy's hair. The mummy, found in Thebes, Deir el Medina, is that of a 30 to 50 year old woman who died during the 21st dynasty.

History, Egypt, Antiquities, Silk

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Doushantuo embryos preserved inside diapause egg cysts

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The discovery of embryo-like Doushantuo fossils inside large highly ornamented organic vesicles (acritarchs) is reported. The findings reveal that these organisms were eukaryotic and most probably early cleavage stage embryos preserved within diapause egg cysts.

China, Science & research, Embryo, Microfossils, Eggs, Fossil, Fossil eggs

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Preserved for the afterlife

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Research is presented describing how the art of Egyptian mummification developed from the predynastic era when the bodies were desiccated through to 30BC when embalming had become an art form and bodies were wrapped in elaborately painted cases.

Embalming, Chronology, Egyptology

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