"First copper alloy toe rings discovered in Ancient Egypt?"

Recently a team of excavators discovered copper alloy toe rings on unidentified male skeletons in Akhenaten's isolated city; Amarna. As far as Anna Steven, assistant director of the Amarna Project, is aware , no other copper alloy toe rings have been found in Egypt. Nonetheless, a gold toe ring was found on the priest Hornedijtef at Karnak, who currently resides at the British Museum.

Whether the recently discovered toe rings were worn for magical or fashion purpose, the excavators are not too certain yet but there are good reasons to support the magical function of the toe rings.

If you're interested to know more about these toe rings, click on the link below:

Toe Rings Found On Egyptian Skeleton

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What are your thoughts about excavating human remains?

Stumbled upon this post written by Melanie Pitkin, a team member of the Amarna South Tombs Cemetery Project, and found it to be an interesting read.

Pitkin basically writes about the process of excavating human remains and she posts a couple of questions at the end of the post - "What are your thoughts on the ethics of excavating human remains? And, how does this affect your view on the value of archaeology?"

So if you're interested, do click the link below:

Pondering the ethics of working with human remains


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