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New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"
Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls.
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‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump?
Experts say president is vulnerable amid discontent over rising prices – and the US public has ample cause for complaint In Donald Trump’s telling, he’s a model of incorruptible self-sacrifice. “I’m the only president that donated his salary,” he told a group of cheering supporters at a Hispanic heritage month…
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Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed
Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls. The royal cemetery of Umm…
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