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Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed

Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found…

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Why it mattersRule-based estimate: no strong signals; trust 8/10.
RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published3 h ago (Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:48 GMT)
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AuthorNicola Davis Science correspondent