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New technique for reading hidden hieroglyphics
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Cairo, Egypt (Wired News): Two thousand years ago, the grieving parents of a 4-year-old girl lovingly mummified their daughter's remains to ensure her soul would thrive in the afterlife. Many mummies have hieroglyphics on their bandages, possibly identifying who they are and where they came from. But physically peeling back the bandages would destroy the artifact. So the sphinx discovery is particularly exciting for people who study mummies.
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