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Not-so-fresh ink: Tattoos discovered on Egyptian mummies

March 2, 2018Culture

The discoveries push back by 1,000 years evidence for tattooing in Africa.

Ötzi the Iceman at the finding place.

Researchers may have cracked the case of how Ötzi the Iceman died

April 5, 2017Medicine
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (R) and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni follow the proceedings of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, in Kigali April 7, 2014. An estimated 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the gen

Should the US reconsider its support for African ‘strongmen’

April 9, 2014Global Scan

CT Scans Reveal Ancient Mummies with Heart Disease

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

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