[BenLurkin]

[xp38]

So it’s a mummy mummy

[Ken H]

“I’m going to be a mummy!”

[pepsi_junkie]

One of the biggest questions the scientists have is why the fetus -- whose gender has not been determined --

Thousands of years and the fetus still hasn't chosen a set of preferred pronouns? I guess we'll just have to refer to the fetus as 'them' or 'they'

[G Larry]

She’s overdue...

[Red Badger]

[Richard Axtell]

Well, at least according to NARAL, a fetus is an “it”, isn’t it?

[DannyTN]

The researchers are all denying that they are the father.

[DannyTN]

Youtube Phineas and Ferb My Undead Mummy

[exDemMom]

One of the biggest questions the scientists have is why the fetus -- whose gender has not been determined -- remained in place as internal organs were routinely removed prior to mummification.

Obviously, the ancient embalmers did not want to separate mother and child.

[blueplum]

my guess: If she was full term, the mother would have had a shaved head as part of birth preparation. It makes sense the pre-term would remain inside the mother, who would know (or have said for her) the spells and Negative Confession rituals, to get both hearts past Ammat and the 42 judges, and be accepted into the presence of Osiris and Re. And so be able to secure spiritual life (the ba) for her infant in the afterlife, in line with ‘gather the family together’ of Egyptian beliefs.

Is it also an indicator that ancient Egyptians (or those surrounding mom, at least) believed the unborn had souls? Good for mom (or dad, who paid for the burial)

Great find.

[ro_dreaming]

Though it belongs to the University of Warsaw, the mummy has been on loan to the museum since 1917 where it has been on display.

See, this is the thing that bothers me about all the digging up of mummies.

If a ship, or a sub, goes down, that’s a tomb, and it to be left at the bottom of the sea, and is still property of the government.

Should not the dead of Egypt belong to, and in, Egypt?