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Archaeologists discover paintings of goddess in 3,000-year-old mummy's coffin

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Tags: archaeology, egyptology, united kingdom, scotland, ancient egypt, mummies, coffins, paintings, preservation, burials, author.nora mcgreevy, source.smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-paintings-goddess-3000-year-old-mummys-coffin-180974619/

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    What a surreal feeling it must have been to be there, lifting this several thousand year old mummy out of its resting place only to then discover art previously unseen to modern society. A human,...

    What a surreal feeling it must have been to be there, lifting this several thousand year old mummy out of its resting place only to then discover art previously unseen to modern society. A human, thousands of years ago, expressed their beliefs in this way and those folks just accidentally found it. History, am I right?

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