Ancient Egyptian mummy child first ever to be found with bandage

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What very may well be the first-ever bandage was observed covering a skin lesion of a mummy child via CT scan.

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Before you go, “Aren’t all mummies wrapped in bandages, hardy, har, har,” hilarious, but let us explain.how researchers from Germany, Italy, and the States were able to essentially digitally unwrap the mummy—a four-year-old girl who passed away about 2,000 years ago—using computed tomography scans in order to properly examine the remains.

“In ancient Egypt, infections were likely a common aspect of daily life and the major cause of death,” reads the study, as published. “However, the overall evidence of infections in ancient mummies is limited, especially in the less frequently investigated child mummies.” Furthermore, while the study explains that such Ancient Egyptian medical treatments have been recorded by previous texts, the child mummy is a rare, physical example.

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