I became fascinated with ancient Egypt as a child when I first learnt about mummies. More than the stories about tombs with curses or curious hieroglyphics, the idea you could remove someone’s brain with a hook through their nose blew my mind.

But not all mummies have had their brains removed. One such exception is the pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II, also known as The Brave. The mummy has been studied using scanning techniques normally used for the living, revealing new details about how the king met a violent death. He was attacked from above, maybe by someone on horseback. Indeed, it’s because his injuries were so bad that his embalmers weren’t able to give him the usual brain-removing treatment.

It’s often said that dieting wrecks people’s metabolism, but it turns out this isn’t true. In fact, dieting can improve your metabolism by making it work better. And we’ve also been hearing about what it’s like to live with long COVID and why we won’t grasp the full toll of the pandemic unless we study those who are yet to recover.

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