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Ancient Viking Graves Yield Pearls, Gold Thread, a Dog

Archaeologists digging in northern Denmark have uncovered a Viking burial site brimming with rare treasures, shedding new light on the lives—and afterlives—of ancient nobility. The discovery of the ...
The Conversation

What would an ancient Egyptian corpse have smelled like? Pine, balsam and bitumen – if you were nobility

Barbara Huber receives funding from the Max Planck Society and the Joachim Herz Foundation. Nicole Boivin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...
The New York Times

THE OLD ORDER AND THE NEW.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
The Conversation

Bishop’s Gambit in Tehran

We get the English word ‘chess’ from the Persian word Shah (king). The linguistic identification of this part of the world with chess belies its Indian origins, but in a country where the ancient ...
The New York Times

FINNISH DIET ELECTS OFFICERS.; All of Them Are Members of the Ancient Swedish Nobility.

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insider.si.edu

Ife : the art of an ancient Nigerian aristocracy

Essay on the royal arts of Ife in the twentieth century and in ancient times. Includes discussions of the beaded crowns, the ancient terracottas and brass heads, and ...
AllAfrica.com

Egypt: What Would an Ancient Egyptian Corpse Have Smelled Like? Pine, Balsam and Bitumen - If You Were Nobility

In 1900 - some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen - British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In tomb KV42, Carter found the remains of a ...