Get the wrong pharaoh
All ancient Egyptian royal mummies will be rechecked after scientists discovered a person was mistaken for a pharaoh. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Heritage Association, said he will use micro-radiography and angiography.
All ancient Egyptian royal mummies will be rechecked after scientists discovered a person was mistaken for a pharaoh. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Heritage Association, said he will use computerized, or CT scanning, and DNA scans to test more than 40 royal mummies at the Museum. Egypt in Cairo.
Last June, the mummy that was long believed to be King Tuthmosis I turned out to be a young man, killed by an arrow. Yet in history, the pharaoh died at the age of 60.
"I suspect all mummies now , " Hawass said. "We will have to re-check them all."
He also added that "new technology will allow us to confirm anything we need."
CT scan allows you to see the mummy inside without removing the outer covering. Teenage Pharaoh Tutankhamen was the first mummy to be tested with this technology in 2005.
Hawass also said that only the identity of Tutankhamen's mummy is certain because the prince was found by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1992, in a coffin sealed in his grave.
Many other royal mummies were collected from their graves or buried somewhere to protect from the vandalism of the thieves and the destruction of time.
Dr. Zahi Hawass (Photo: Reuters)
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