Chemical analysis and CT scanning reveal the identity of an ancient Egyptian
A mysterious mummy’s artificial eyes—placed to help her see in the afterlife—would have shown her quite a lot over the past 2,700 years.
For a recent study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, curator Marie Vandenbeusch and her colleagues set out to verify whether the mummy and coffins really belonged together. Their first clue came from CT scans that revealed the mummy was female, matching the coffins’ description. They then analyzed the chemical makeup of black embalming residue in the innermost coffin’s left shoulder area.
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