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2,000-Year-Old Bloomberg Tablets Reveal London Life Under the Romans
... documents in which the writing was etched into a layer of beeswax applied to wooden pieces before they were used for ...
Mark Brophy - 10/07/2022 - 14:59
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The Legendary Isle of Es Vedra: Atlantis, The Odyssey and a Magnetic Attraction for UFO Sightings
... him tightly to the mast, and had their ears plugged with beeswax. By this means, Odysseus was able to hear the song of ...
dhwty - 18/09/2018 - 19:03
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First-of-its-Kind Mummy Study Reveals Clues to Girl’s Story
... also serve to frame the portrait. The face, painted with beeswax and pigment, gazes serenely outward, her dark hair ...
ancient-origins - 02/12/2017 - 18:56
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Scientists Learn Ingredients of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Pills Found in Ancient Shipwreck
... pills were composed of zinc compounds, iron oxide, starch, beeswax, pine resin and other plant-derived materials. By ...
aprilholloway - 09/07/2017 - 01:55
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Analysis Reveals Secret Recipe of Ancient Egyptian Embalming Fluids
... harvested from pistachio trees, animal fats and high-grade beeswax. "We were able to identify the true chemical makeup ...
Nathan Falde - 03/02/2023 - 01:00
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The Forgotten Story of Spanish Conquerors in North America
... from 1694 is well known because of the huge blocks of beeswax which were a part of its cargo. The wax was intended ...
Natalia Klimczak - 21/02/2016 - 14:51
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Ingredients Used to Embalm Egyptian Senetnay Prove Her Elite Status
... virtually the same combination of natural elements: beeswax, animal fats, plant oils, the petroleum product ...
Nathan Falde - 31/08/2023 - 17:00
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Mysterious “Black Goo” Of Egyptian Burials Demystified
... a composition of “plant oils, animal fats, tree resins, beeswax and bitumen (crude oil)” and the museum scientists ...
ashley cowie - 20/05/2020 - 18:57
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Dreams of Human-Powered Flight: Daedalus and the Story of Icarus
... Daedalus layered them according to size and shape. He used beeswax or glue — one of his inventions — to construct ...
Adrienne Mayor - 04/11/2022 - 01:00
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Ancient Egyptian Couple Underwent Different Mummification Practice that Preserved their Organs
... oil mixed with a small amount of balsam, a conifer resin, beeswax and plant gum. These ingredients provided some ...
Mark Miller - 10/08/2015 - 14:24
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New Tech Reveals Origin Of Egyptian Mummies’ Skin Color
... complex mixture of natural compounds such as “sugar gum, beeswax , fats, coniferous resins, and variable amounts of ...
ashley cowie - 17/12/2020 - 21:58
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Modern Humans' Advanced Weapons Outclassed the Neanderthals
... using a complex adhesive, including ochre , plant gum, and beeswax , which stabilized the hafting. “Comparison with ...
ancient-origins - 01/10/2019 - 02:05
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Researchers Unravel Secrets of a 6,000-Year-Old Amulet
... a model formed in a low melting point material, such as beeswax, which was covered with clay. The model was heated to ...
Natalia Klimczak - 16/11/2016 - 21:53
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Divers locate 2,000-year-old Roman wreck with cargo of fermented, salted fish intestines
... a number of zinc compounds, as well as iron oxide, starch, beeswax, pine resin and other plant-derived materials. Based ...
Mark Miller - 12/12/2015 - 21:23
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Science Reveals Smells from Ancient Egyptian Tombs
... and some more aldehydes indicated that Kha and Merit had beeswax, dried fish, and fruit to accompany them on their ...
Sahir - 03/04/2022 - 19:00
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Ten Incredible Underwater Discoveries That Have Captured Our Imagination
... a number of zinc compounds, as well as iron oxide, starch, beeswax, pine resin and other plant-derived materials. ...
Joanna Gillan - 24/11/2023 - 17:55
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Bygone Beauty and Body: The Origins of Cosmetics in the Ancient World
... their fingernails with a mixture of gum arabic, gelatin, beeswax and egg around 3000 BC. Unlike the ancient Egyptians, ...
dhwty - 16/03/2016 - 02:46
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5 Unique Facts Straight Out of Ancient Egypt
... They masked the scratches and reattached the beard using beeswax, the exact substance that had originally been used in ...
Phoenix Vald - 28/02/2022 - 14:00
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Newly Discovered Ancient Roman Writing Tablets Provide Snapshots of Roman-Era London
... rectangular tablets were originally filled with blackened beeswax, with text inscribed into the wax with styluses. ...
Mark Miller - 02/06/2016 - 21:49
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First Examples of Ancient Egyptian Head Cones Found at Amarna
... reveals the cones were hollow and made of wax, most likely beeswax. However, contrary to expectations, there is little ...
ancient-origins - 10/12/2019 - 16:04