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Join us for a deep dive into the latest and wildest new discoveries from Ancient Egypt to get you ready for the release of DC’s new film Black Adam, only in theaters. The dead speak! Yes, scientists have recreated the voice of a 3,000 year old mummy and we’ll tell you all about it as well as how some ancient Egyptian tombs contain more than just gold, and a recent discovery as to how the pyramids were built. 

The Dead Speak

• “The dead speak! Scientists recreate voice of 3000-year-old mummy” by Erin Malsbury
  • https://www.science.org/content/article/dead-speak-scientists-re-create-voice-3000-year-old-mummy
• “We can now hear the voice of a mummy 3,000 years after the Egyptian priest last spoke” by Doyle Rice
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/24/scientists-recreate-voice-ancient-egyptian-mummy/4557044002/
• “Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’” by D. M. Howard, J. Schofield, J. Fletcher, K. Baxter, G. R. Iball & S. A. Buckley
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56316-y
• “First recording of human sound was made today in 1860: Interesting facts about the event” by India Today
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-&-current-affairs/story/first-recording-of-human-sound-317089-2016-04-09

Egyptian Discoveries 

• “2,600-Year-Old Halloumi Discovered In Ancient Egyptian Tomb” by Jack Dunhill
  • https://www.iflscience.com/2-600-year-old-halloumi-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb-65398
• “What did ancient Egypt's pharaohs stash inside the pyramids?” by Owen Jarus
  • https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids
• “Egyptian Archaeologists Just Uncovered the Sarcophagus of King Ramses II’s Royal Treasurer” by Vittoria Benzine
  • https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptian-archaeologists-just-uncovered-the-sarcophagusof-king-ramses-iis-royal-treasurer-2186522
• “Egypt breakthrough as experts suspect Nefertiti is hidden in Tutankhamun’s tomb” by Jacob Paul
  • https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1675646/egypt-neftertiti-tutankhamun-tomb-archaeology-nicholas-reeves
• “Halloumi” by Cheese.com
  • https://www.cheese.com/halloumi/
• “Ramses XI” by Brittanica
  • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramses-XI

Pyramid Building

• “A Long-Lost Branch of The Nile Helped in Building Egypt's Pyramids” by Jack Tamisiea
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/science/pyramids-nile-river-construction-egypt.html
• “A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt's pyramids, new study says” by Zoe Sottile
  • https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/world/nile-river-egypt-pyramid-scn-trnd/index.html
• “How were the Pyramids of Giza built? A long-lost branch of Nile helped” by India Today News Desk
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/how-were-the-pyramids-of-giza-built-a-long-lost-branch-of-nile-helped-1996608-2022-09-05

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