#Egyptology

Stories tagged “Egyptology” in the Weird Science History archive — 6 stories connected by this topic.

• The Colonel Who Opened the Great Pyramid With Gunpowder — and Got His Drill Stuck in the Sphinx
• The 3,000-Year-Old Wooden Toe Scientists Test-Drove in Replica Egyptian Sandals
• The 3,000-Year-Old Pharaoh Who Flew to Paris for a Fungus Treatment — Without a Passport
• The Ancient Egyptian Pregnancy Test That Asked Women to Pee on Grain — and Sort of Worked
• The Mummy's Curse That Missed Its Main Target
• The Circus Strongman Who Found Egypt's Greatest Tomb

Related topics: #ancient Egypt #archaeology #history of medicine #19th century #British Museum #media literacy #Tutankhamun