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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo holds the mummy of Tutankhamun's great-grandmother, showcasing social mobility and mummification practices using Natron for preservation. Historical evidence confirms human construction, managed by Mara, of the Great Pyramid at Giza, providing insights into the diet and living conditions of pyramid builders.

Insights

  • Tutankhamun's great-grandmother's mummy in the Egyptian Museum highlights social mobility, transitioning from commoner to a tomb filled with riches and Natron-induced physical changes.
  • The construction of the Great Pyramid dispels alien theories, emphasizing human craftsmanship managed by Mara, showcasing the diet and living conditions of pyramid builders through archaeological findings at Giza, and tracing Egypt's architectural evolution through structures like the Step Pyramid and Pharaoh Unas' pyramid.

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Recent questions

  • How long did it take to build the Great Pyramid?

    Two decades

  • What is the significance of the mummy's overbite?

    Tutankhamun-like

  • How long did the mummification process take?

    Over two months

  • What evidence confirms human construction of the Great Pyramid?

    Historical evidence

  • What is the purpose of the cloth and resin eyes on the mummy?

    Enable sight in the afterlife

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"Egyptian Museum: Tutankhamun's Great-Grandmother's Mummy"

  • The Egyptian Museum in Cairo houses the well-preserved mummy of Tutankhamun's great-grandmother, discovered two decades before him.
  • The mummy, not born royal, showcases social mobility, transitioning from a commoner to a tomb filled with gold and resins.
  • Mummification, a 1200-year-old practice, took over two months to complete, using Natron for preservation.
  • The mummy's face features a Tutankhamun-like overbite, double-pierced earrings, and possibly strawberry blonde hair due to Natron's bleaching effect.
  • The mummy's eyes were crafted with cloth and resin to enable sight in the afterlife.
  • The Great Pyramid, Khufu's eternal resting place, took two decades to build with 2.3 million perfectly sculpted limestone blocks.
  • Historical evidence confirms human, not alien, construction of the Great Pyramid, managed by a man named Mara.
  • Excavations at Giza reveal the diet and living conditions of pyramid builders, including evidence of a bread factory and social status through bone soup consumption.
  • The Step Pyramid and the pyramid of Pharaoh Unas showcase Egypt's architectural evolution, with the latter featuring well-preserved hieroglyphs and spells.
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