CT Scans Reveal Secrets Of Mummies
“Their identities, causes of death and unique burials have been shrouded in mystery for over a century. But now pioneering teams from different continents have taken a phenomenal glimpse beneath the bindings of two Egyptian mummies on the same day. These extraordinary images, obtained by museums in New York, U.S. and Sydney Australia using cutting-edge medical technology, reveal minuscule details about the appearance of two bodies and how they have been preserved for around 2,000 years. This unforgettable image from North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, shows the mummy of the Royal Prince, Count of Thebes, as he passes through a CT (computed tomography) scanning machine. He is one of four mummies belonging to New York’s Brooklyn Museum, that range from 1,700 to 3,000 years old, due to be probed with the technique.” w/ photos
