They have been dead for almost 3,000 years, but the mummified Egyptian remains at Chicago's Field Museum all have a new set of CT Scans.
One of the coffins the Field scanned was thought to be empty but turned out to have some remains inside. Others showed damage over the years.They have been dead for almost 3,000 years, but the mummified Egyptian remains at Chicago's Field Museum all have a new set of CT Scans. The computed tomography is part of a larger effort to better understand the lives and deaths of ancient Egyptians, as well as the mortuary practices that resulted in their preservation.
Many of the remains were marked with names on the coffins, making it possible to know who they were in life. The scanning also shed a new light on some of the best-preserved examples in the museum's collection like Lady Chenet-aa. She had supplementary eyes placed into her eye sockets to ensure they came with her into the afterlife.
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