Archaeologists have finally found ancient Egyptian wax head cones
The mysterious headgear appears often in art dating from around 3,550 to 2,000 years ago
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Excavations at the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna uncovered the skeleton of a woman in her 20s who was buried wearing a cone-shaped cap that likely held spiritual significance, researchers say.
Courtesy of the Amarna Project, Antiquity Publications Ltd.