Egypt
Mail Online (Fiona Macrae)
See the above page for the full story, which includes some excellent photographs.
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This article has some amazing images of three mummies recently CT scanned. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165317/Its-boy-Hospital-brain-scanner-reveals-identity-2-000-year-old-Egyptian-mummy.html...
Egypt
Hospital brain scanner reveals the identity of 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy
Mail Online (Fiona Macrae)
For two thousands years, their secrets have remained locked inside intricate layers of linen.
Now, the details of their life - and death - are being exposed with the help of 21st century technology.
Three child mummies have been virtually unwrapped by sophisticated X-ray scanners more usually used to detect brain tumours in hospitals.
Using a CT scanner, scientists have been able to peer through the multiple layers of tightly wrapped linen that protected the youngsters on their journey to the afterlife.
CT scan.
Within just an hour of starting the scans at BMI The Blackheath Hospital, in London, the scientists made a startling discovery.
A gold-masked mummy, long thought to belong to a girl was in fact the remains of a boy of around two years old.
Forensic Egyptologist Janet Davey said: 'We have already been stunned to discover, and amused too, that one of the mummies is in fact a boy.
See the above page for the full story, which includes some excellent photographs.
- Why Was An Ancient Egyptian Boy Dressed As A Girl?
Daily Mail With photos A 1,700-year-old Egyptian mummy has been revealed as a boy dressed in girl's clothing thanks to these incredible hospital scans. The child, who lived around 350AD, underwent scans as experts hoped to determine its sex and discover...
- Strange Bones In Colchester Mummy
The Independent, UK (Sean Williams) The skull of an ancient Egyptian mummy in Colchester is packed with 'strange bones', a CT-scan has revealed. The scan on 2,500-year-old Lady Ta-Hathor yesterday also revealed an odd bundle between her thighs,...
- In The Lab
Another mummy goes through the scanner Miami Herald Christine Veiga With the push of a button, the CT scanner whirred and lurched forward. A centuries-old mummy was about to undergo a 21st-century medical examination. In the name of art and science,...
- Scan For 2000 Year Old Mummy Of Child
The Age (Richard Macey) LIKE an expectant father, Michael Turner paced the floor anxiously yesterday. A few metres away the mummy of an Egyptian child who died, aged about seven 2000 years ago, was undergoing one of the most thorough examinations modern...
- Take A Walk On The Wild Side
This article has some amazing images of three mummies recently CT scanned. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165317/Its-boy-Hospital-brain-scanner-reveals-identity-2-000-year-old-Egyptian-mummy.html...