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2,000-Year-Old Mummy Found in Mongolia by South Korean Researchers

SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean archaeologists has found the mummy of a man wearing Chinese clothes in an unearthed tomb believed to date back about 2,000 years in western Mongolia, a state-run think tank said Monday. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage said the team discovered the mummy [...]

Egyptian Treasures Return to Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Museum of Korea is hosting a special exhibition dubbed “Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum,” starting December 20, that will run through April 9 of next year. The exhibit will showcase some 230 Egyptian artifacts – from human and animal mummies to jewelry, caskets, and other sculpts [...]