#ancient Egypt

Stories tagged “ancient Egypt” in the Weird Science History archive — 8 stories connected by this topic.

• The 3,000-Year-Old Trumpet That Shattered in Rehearsal for Its Worldwide Radio Debut
• The 3,300-Year-Old Golden Beard That Got Glued Back On With Epoxy
• The 3,000-Year-Old Wooden Toe Scientists Test-Drove in Replica Egyptian Sandals
• The Crocodile Mummy a Fed-Up Workman Smashed — and Found Stuffed With Ancient Paperwork
• The Ancient Egyptian Pregnancy Test That Asked Women to Pee on Grain — and Sort of Worked
• The 180,000 Mummified Cats That Were Sold by the Ton as Fertilizer
• The Obelisk That Took Three Attempts, Two Countries, and 120 Men to Stand Up
• The Tube of Paint That Got a Funeral in an English Garden

Related topics: #Egyptology #experimental archaeology #history of medicine #Tutankhamun #conservation #engineering