Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Mummy's mystery unravels in 3D

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1248227,00.html
"In a technological and historical world first, this weekend the British Museum has unveiled or, more accurately, unwrapped the interior of a mummy that had remained sealed since it was made by masters of the ancient Egyptian craft of mummification. The startling operation was carried out without disturbing the intricate wrappings and amulets that were originally placed around his dead body. Using scanning technology developed by neurological researchers in a London hospital." (The Observer)
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