Egypt
Pharaoh's curse: Ankylosing spondylitis
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8124-2382106,00.html
An article about ankylosing spondylitis, which is thought to have affected a number of pharaohs: "Ankylosing spondylitis has afflicted people for centuries. St Banus suffered from it in the 4th century AD, and Rameses II in the 12th century BC — although his stiff, painful, stooped back did not prevent Rameses from leaving his mark on both the landscape and the population of Ancient Egypt. The great pharaoh built more temples than any other Egyptian ruler and had between 90 and 160 children. His son Merneptah and an earlier pharaoh, Amenhotep II, are also thought to have had ankylosing spondylitis."
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Un Nuclear Agency Helps Unlock Secrets Of Mummies
IAEA Was King Tut really murdered? Did the Great Pharoah Ramesses II die from a disease of the spine? The answers to these age-old mysteries are locked inside Egyptian mummies. Today, they are being unravelled through the modern science of "paleoradiology"....
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More Re New Gallery At World Museum, Liverpool.
Artdaily.org A major new gallery at the World Museum Liverpool looks at the incredible world of the Pharaohs and the remarkable culture that built the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Ancient Egypt, opening this Friday 5 December 2008, contains 1,500 fascinating...
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Exhibition: More Re New Egyptian Gallery In Liverpool, Uk
BBC News A major exhibition containing 1,500 Egyptian artefacts, including a mummy which inspired a Victorian novel, are being showcased in Liverpool. The new gallery at the city's World Museum looks at the history of the Pharaohs, with items on display...
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Ramses Ii: The Mummy
The thought that the mummy of Ramses II in the Cairo museum is the mummy of the Pharaoh of the Exodus is almost certainly wrong. The story of the Exodus has never been proved to be anything other than a good story but whether it is true or not is not...
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Salahedden The Builder
Here an article on the great 12th century ruler. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/929/he1.htm...
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