The youngest mummy in the world has lost the appetite of scientists and insomnia

The mummy is an 18-week-old fetus, carefully wrapped in a thick band of ice, housed in a cedar wood coffin filled with black plastic.

The youngest mummy in the world was found in a small coffin on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, England). The coffin was found by archaeologists at Giza and given to the museum in 1907.

The coffin is only 44cm long, made from cedar wood and is the perfect miniature replica of the wooden coffin used in the last period of the ancient Egyptian state, ie around 664-525 B.C.

The coffin is made of cedar wood and is only 44cm long.

Although the coffin was quite decaying, it was still possible to see elaborate and elaborate carved patterns on the casing. This proves that the coffin is a mummy of a person respected by Egyptian society.

The mummy inside the coffin was carefully wrapped in a thick layer of ice. Then, the molten black plastic is filled with the coffin and closed.

Inside the coffin.

When using X-ray and CT scans, scientists discovered that the skull of this corpse was quite soft. However, the fingers and toes have developed quite comprehensively.

The fetal arms are folded neatly in front of the chest. After measuring bone length, scientists predict this mummy is a fetus of about 18 weeks of age.

The picture shows the inside of the coffin has a small mummy, arms folded across the chest.

Scientists must measure bone length to determine the age of the mummy.

The reason why the fetus has to end life so early is still unclear to scientists. They only predicted that the mother of this fetus had unfortunately suffered a miscarriage.

Earlier, two mummies were 25 and 37 weeks old fetuses were also found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

The discovery of these fetal mummies has shown that the ancient Egyptians attach great importance to the life of every human being, even if that person is just a fetus. Therefore, whenever a woman has a miscarriage, the fetus is embalmed and buried in a solemn manner.