Ancient Egyptians traveled great distances to the magical Land of Punt to obtain extravagant goods like incense and living baboons, but the true location of this wondrous place has been a mystery to scientists for more than a century -until now. A team from Dartmouth College has set out to find what ancient Egyptian’s called … Read more
A recent ‘experiment’ has disproved the urban legend that Twinkies last forever while igniting interest about biology. A Pennsylvania man tried eating eight-year-old Twinkies, only to find they tasted like ‘rotting ginkgo fruit.’ Researchers were called upon to investigate the ‘mummified’ and moldy cakes, one of which took a drill to get through but still … Read more
A recent ‘experiment’ has disproved the urban legend that Twinkies last forever while igniting interest about biology. A Pennsylvania man tried eating eight-year-old Twinkies, only to find they tasted like ‘rotting ginkgo fruit.’ Researchers were called upon to investigate the ‘mummified’ and moldy cakes, one of which took a drill to get through but still … Read more
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast, when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
An extreme hoarder who began collecting junk 25 years ago after his mother died admitted his home became so cluttered he wasn’t able to use the kitchen or bathroom for four years. Paul, 72, from Crosby, Merseyside, appeared on Channel 5’s Hoarders last night, and viewers were disgusted when clearing expert George discovered a mummified rat … Read more
Ancient Egyptians broke a five-month-old kitten’s neck and whipped a snake to death by its tail to create mummified animals, stunning X-ray images have revealed. Experts from Wales used 3D scans to conduct a digital ‘post-mortem’ on the embalmed remains of a cat, bird and snake more than 2,000 years after their death. The scans — … Read more