A 3000-year-old mysterious mummy from Ancient Egypt will undergo an X-ray at Royal Manchester Children’s hospital to uncover what lies beneath the bandages.
The mummy, thought to be a priestess or a princess from Thebes, has been on display at Perth Museum since 1930, and historians are eager to determine its identity.
The exhibit will be transported by road in a custom-built case for an X-ray and CT scan at the hospital for the first time before returning tomorrow.
The x-rays should reveal how the person lived and what age they died, and even uncover what their diet was and if they suffered any diseases.
The mummy is part of the Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank project at Manchester University.
The project’s Lidija McKnight told PA: “This is an extraordinary opportunity to X-ray a mummy which has never been studied before, making us the first people to see inside the wrappings since the body was mummified thousands of years ago.
“We hope that by combining modern science and the expertise of the Bio Bank team at the University of Manchester, the Perth mummy will be better understood, promoted and conserved.”
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