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After it was excavated in 1927, the archaeologists assembled the dress slightly different than how it’s shown today. The dress’ design was corrected over time thanks to archaeologist George Reisner’s meticulous documentations and excavations.

Here’s how the burial chamber and the sarcophagus it was found in looks like. Notice it’s not decorated, just like the vast majority of burial chambers of the time including the Great Pyramid.

A short article was written about the dress (p.15+16).

The dress is the earliest surviving example of a garment with the…Read more

The will of Naunakhte lays out her wishes on the inheritance of her eight children.

The will first states the date of its declaration and the names of witnesses who were present when it was transcribed.

The will then states which children would receive Naunakhte’a property and which children got nothing. She disinherited three children and bestowed her property on the remaining five. Her son, Kenhikhopshef, received a special reward of a bronze washing bowl. Naunakhte specifically stated that the disinherited children were still eligible to receive property from their father, Khaemnun. (Wiki)

Gessoed boards were used for writing notes or school exercises. Like the slate writing tablets of yesteryear, they could be used repeatedly, with old texts being whitewashed to provide a “clean slate” for another. This board still bears traces of earlier writing (at left). The main text is a wordy model letter that the student copied—and surely also was expected to memorize. His many spelling mistakes have been corrected in red ink by the teacher.

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The leaves of the epiphytic fern Polypodium polypodioides, which lives on the branches of trees, are very similar to those of most higher plants except for the presence of scales on the dorsal side of the leaves.

The structure of the cells of the chloroplasts and the mitochondria is the same as that of other higher plants.

The only obvious difference found was that the contents of the central vacuole solidified when dehydrated. P. polypodioides was not damaged by loss of 97% of its…Read more

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The flashes are caused by specialized tissues that form a double layer, reflective to light on one side, but absorbent on the other.

When the tissue is rapidly rolled and unfurled by the clam, the reflecting light gives the appearance of flashing. These tissues are so reflective that they can even flash using the low levels of blue light found in the caves.

They are the only species of bivalve to have evolved structural coloration of this kind.

While the flamboyant decoration of the gun lent itself to public spectacle, the experience of extracting its treasures from the gun’s stock is a more personal act. This video reveals the various components of this ornate gun.