Perfectly wrapped Egyptian mummy's layers 'peeled off' for first time with scanning technology

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Egyptologists knew from decoded hieroglyphics that the mummy had been unwrapped once in the 11th century BC - more than four centuries after his original mummification and burial.

Dr Sahar Saleem, radiologist of the Egyptian Mummy Project, said 'we could study this well-preserved pharaoh in unprecedented detail'Dr Sahar Saleem, professor of radiology at the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University and the radiologist of theMummy Project, and first author of the study - published in Frontiers in Medicine - said their findings debunked those theories.

"By digitally unwrapping of the mummy and 'peeling off' its virtual layers - the facemask, the bandages, and the mummy itself - we could study this well-preserved pharaoh in unprecedented detail.

 

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