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'Some people called it horrifying': 'Dinner with King Tut' author on using Egyptian mummification techniques on a modern-day human body
The recreated mummy showed that dehydration and authentic tools, not long burial alone, produced the classic Egyptian look, the researchers said.
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'Some people called it horrifying': 'Dinner with King Tut' author on using Egyptian mummification techniques on a modern-day human body
Most archaeologists spend time digging in the dirt or piecing together broken artifacts or bones in the lab, attempting to make sense of the past in a painstakingly slow process. But others use that information — and a little ingenuity — to re-create the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of ancient societies through a practice called experimental archaeology.In his book "Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, …
·New York, United States
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They imitate battles, mummify the dead like the ancient Egyptians and cook like the Romans: experimental archaeologists want to touch the past. But for this closeness they must overcome disgust and pain.
·Berlin, Germany
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