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What archaeologists actually found at Amarna

Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. Archaeological reconstruction of two low wax-shell cones from an Amarna burial, handled during careful excavation; not a depiction of authenticated artifacts.

AI-generated supplementary illustration. Close conservation view of a low hollow wax shell with a neutral scale; conceptual object reconstruction, not the actual find.

AI-generated supplementary illustration. Respectful conceptual reconstruction of a wrapped burial with a small cone nearby at Amarna; not a documentary image.

AI-generated supplementary illustration. Conceptual reconstruction of non-invasive lab analysis of a small wax shell; not a photo of the actual research.

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Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. Archaeological reconstruction of two low wax-shell cones from an Amarna burial, handled during careful excavation; not a depiction of authenticated artifacts.

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At Amarna, archaeologists found two genuine three-dimensional cones in burials. They are thin shells made most likely of biological wax, not solid lumps of scented ointment. The finds prove that the cones existed as objects, but they do not confirm the familiar story that cones melted on the heads of living people; their role remains uncertain.