LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Side by side of mummy entering CT scanner with two images of a mummy's skull scan (Credit: The Field Museum / Morgan Clark / ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It expanded ...
The decorative coffin of Lady Chenet-aa, a high-status woman who died some 3,000 years ago Morgan Clark / The Field Museum Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum are studying Egyptian mummies using a ...
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Keck Medicine of USC scans two ancient Egyptian mummies using innovative computed tomography (CT) scanners. Summer Decker, PhD, (right), 3D imaging lead for Keck Medicine and director of the USC ...