Egyptian mummy found with fetus intact

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This is a slightly older discovery, but it is in the news. An Egyptian mummy, originally thought to be a male, was examined by CT scan in 2021. It came as a surprise that the mummy was a pregnant female with the fetus still intact, instead. This is the first fetus found in a mummy.

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“X-ray and CT scans of the mummy revealed that the remains inside belonged to a female and did not match the coffin and cartonnage case that was made for a male. The mummy was obviously not the remains of a priest named Hor-Djehuty from ancient Thebes, whose name was inscribed onto the coffin, the researchers said. 

 

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The mummy turned out to be the remains of a female who died when she was between 20 and 30 years of age and was about 6.5 to 7.5 months pregnant based on the circumference of the fetus's head.

The scans showed four mummified bundles — likely her lungs, liver, stomach with intestines, and heart — inside the female mummy. Those were extracted, embalmed and then placed back inside the mummy's abdominal cavity, which was a customary practice in ancient Egypt. But the fetus had not been similarly removed from the uterus.”

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56926005.amp

 

 

 

Edited August 3, 2022 by guy