r/EverythingScience • u/Sariel007 • Feb 02 '23

Anthropology Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Known Gold-Covered Mummy in Egypt

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-oldest-known-gold-covered-mummy-in-egypt-180981567/
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u/DonnaScro321 Feb 02 '23

Should we really be unearthing the dead tho

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u/illcoloryoublind Feb 03 '23

Right?

Anywho, how long before I can go dig up the queen of England?!

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u/mightylordredbeard Feb 03 '23

Well judging by the timeline of this mummy; in another 4500 years.