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Decoding Hieroglyphics

Understanding Ancient Artists through ‘Handwriting’ Analysis

Egyptologist and paleography expert Elizabeth Bettles analyzes hieroglyphs painted on the walls of tombs in the Theban necropolis. By identifying different "handwriting" techniques — distinct shapes, styles, spellings — she learns more about the artists themselves.

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Stolen da Vinci, ‘Book of the Dead,’ and More Unearthed Secrets

A roundup of Secrets in the News for January 2021. Police recover 500-year-old stolen copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' If you like this, you might like: Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science CNN: A 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," the ...

Secrets in the News: September + October 2019

A roundup of Secrets in the News for late September 2019. Read more below for a Canadian Shipwreck, a haunting fresco from Pompeii, an ancient sea monster, and more. Underwater archaeologists release photos and video of the HMS Terror shipwreck Canada Parks reports: The Canadian ...

Summer of Secrets 2019 on PBS

Secrets of the Dead is returning this summer with a much-anticipated encore and two brand new episode premieres. Check out the lineup for the Summer of Secrets on PBS: Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb Encores Tuesday, June 18 at 8 p.m. on PBS ...

Salima Ikram at The Tomb of the Warriors

Egypt's Darkest Hour

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Follow a team of archaeologists as they examine a rare mass grave dating to the collapse of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom when political infighting and a changing climate brought down an empire.

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Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Bite Force of the Cerrejón Crocodile

The Cerrejón crocodile the scientists unearthed came out to be about 28 feet, which is bigger than any crocodile that we have alive today. More importantly, it was of a size to match the croc from the dinosaur era, Sarcosuchus. Now that we know how ...

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