CT scan reveals the truth about “The Mummy of the Screaming Woman’”
CT scan reveals the truth about “The Mummy of the Screaming Woman’” from the Royal Cache of Deir el-Bahari: The Egyptian princess died of a heart attack 3,000 years ago Dr. Zahi Hawass, the famous Egyptologist and the former Minister of the Egyptian antiquities, together with Dr. Sahar Saleem, the Professor of Radiology at Cairo University and specialized in scanning the mummies, were able to solve the mystery of the “The Mummy of the Screaming Woman” from the Royal Cache in Deir el-Bahari, in their recently published scientific study. The CT study of the mummy conducted by the two Egyptian scientists revealed that severe atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries led to sudden death of the Egyptian princess with a heart attack. The ancient Egyptian embalming process preserved the posture of the princess at the moment of death for nearly three thousand years. Here is the full story In 1881 the Royal Cache of Deir el-Bahari was discovered in Luxor, where the ...