X-ray film reveals the secret of a thousand-year-old coffin

The hospital's scanner showed an ancient secret involving an Egyptian mummy.

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A mummy X-ray film of a boy who died 2,500 years ago shows that the coffin has a life expectancy of more than 1,000 years. This mummy was on display at the Torquay museum. This raises the possibility that this child is named by the scientists as Psamtek not the first to use the coffin.

This child was thought to be a member of the Egyptian royal family, dying of illness when he was 4 years old.

Psamtek is wrapped in linen and covered in one
Beaded mesh with symbols of 4 gods

The investigation revealed that this ornate coffin was made between 1525 and 1470 BC, possibly for a young member of the royal family.

Barry Chandler, curator of the museum, said: 'This is an unusual discovery and that means the coffin is currently the most special exhibit in our collection. It is extremely rare. Even the British Museum has nothing like this. '

The coffin is carved from a single piece of cedar wood, covered with linen cloth impregnated with plaster.

X-ray film

Psamtek is wrapped in linen and covered in a beaded net with symbols of the 4 gods - supposedly to protect important parts.

Chandler said he had long suspected that this boy was not the first person to be placed in this decorated coffin.