Egypt

Nesperennub has been scanned again

BBC News

Two radiographers took about four hours to carry out a series of detailed scans which allow images to be created at a thickness of 0.02in (0.6mm).

Experts are keen to use the images to find out more about the jewellery around Nesperennub's neck, thought to have been put on just before burial.

Fiona Henderson, lead radiographer for UCH, said: "This CT scanner was installed just two years ago when the new hospital opened and it provides incredibly detailed images, generating up to 6,000 images of the body."

She explained that it was not possible to use a MRI scan on the mummy as it needed water to be present to work.

An original scan by the hospital in 2004 showed that Nesperennub was generally healthy but had poor teeth and a bad abscess.

Researchers were unable to establish the exact cause of his death but a hole in his skull suggested some sort of disease.

John Taylor, assistant keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan said: "Fully-wrapped Egyptian mummies still contain a lot of untapped information.

We will have to wait for the results of the scan. See the above page for the full story.

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