Tutankhamun’s baby mummies analyzed
August 8, 2008
In collaboration with the Cairo University ‘s Faculty of Medicine, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) began a scientific project to analyze two mummified fetuses which have been kept in the un
In collaboration with the Cairo University ‘s Faculty of Medicine, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) began a scientific project to analyze two mummified fetuses which have been kept in the university since their discovery in Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 on Luxor’s west bank. It is thought that the tiny tots may have been those of the young king’s stillborn children.
Joydeep Sen Gupta/Dubai Filed on January 21, 2021 | Last updated on January 24, 2021 at 10.02 am
Today, as a wellness crusader, Dr Bassem seeks to change dietary habits in the Arab world.
Dr Bassem Youssef, 46, had experienced a life-altering incident on September 15, 2013. The Egyptian surgeon-turned-political satirist-turned wellness crusader learnt about how one of his closest friends had recovered from multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nervous disorder, after shifting to plant-based food. “I was sold out on the idea, and I changed my eating habits overnight on September 15, 2013,” says Dr Bassem during his recent trip to Dubai to promote his new Arabic show Isa’al Bassem (Ask Bassem) on Asharq News, a pan-Arab 24x7 television network and digital platform. “The paradigm shift made an immediate difference to my wellness quotient.”