Inspired by Portugal’s traditional and contemporary flavors, Baleia also pays respect to the country’s seamen—generations of fishers, sailors and whalers—who traveled the globe and returned with culinary influence, especially from North Africa, China and the Caribbean.
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Jillian Dara,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
However, the clothing found scattered around the remains was not of the sort usually worn by seamen or officers.
The journey is meant to revive a sea route not used for 300 years, and one that in the past could’ve been considered nearly impossible –– given the lack of maps and the crude vessels early navigators of the Bashi Channel once used.
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Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
The money will fund 12 community health workers, five nurse navigators and three social workers, Simpson said.
Before Werhan left the police barracks, troopers seized his phone and his clothes and took swabs of his hands and face.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Meanwhile, in swabs from the mummy’s skin, Sarhan and his colleagues found bacteria like Methylobaderium and Sphingomonas, both known for being resilient in tough environments and for forming biofilms.
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.
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R. Alexander Bentley,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
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