Tag: Egypt

• Ancient Egyptian Hawk Mummy Mystery | Baby History Shorts

  

  In 2016, as part of Maidstone Museum’s Ancient Lives project, their mummified collections, comprised mostly of animals, were CT scanned. Shockingly, EA 493 Mummified Hawk (Ptolemaic Period, 300bce) didn’t contain a hawk, it contained a human.  Inside of a small cartonnage, painted with a gilt hawk face and wings, but human feet in sandals, and…

  Aradia Wyndham

  August 24, 2023

  Babies, Pregnancy, Video

  Ancient Egypt, anencephaly, Egypt, Falcon, fetal, Hawk, history, Horus, miscarriage, mummies, mummy, pregnancy loss, Ptolomy, Saqqara

• Royal Babies, Surrogacy, Memories, Gutherie Cards, Demons, Madam Iowa, and American Childhood | Rabbit Holes Ep5

  

  This is Rabbit Holes, a semi-regular reaction-style series about the baby-related stories I’ve found interesting and think you’ll find interesting too. Let’s get started! Reminder: if there are sources you would like to read, for example, NYTs, but get stopped by a paywall, I encourage you to contact your local public library to see if…

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 23, 2021

  Rabbit Holes

  accomodation, avoidance, college, education, Egypt, gestational carriers, gutherie cards, Madam Iowa, mesopotamia, parenting styles, pazuzu, royal babies, stolen baby, surrogacy, working mother