Meretneith was buried in a tomb fit for a male ruler. But for decades, debate has raged over her true royal status.
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Bubble, hoop, wiggle, bed: Some words bear an uncanny resemblance to the shape of the object or action they describe. And we tend to process them faster.
Turns out ‘A’ didn’t have to be the first letter in the alphabet, nor ‘Z’ the last.
Reconstructed vocabulary sheds light on cultural items and people’s habitats, including the spread of ideas and the importance of certain concepts.
People have painted on cave walls and written on clay and wax tablets, papyrus and paper made from wood. Could screens replace paper someday?
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