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Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals
Live Science ^ | January 04, 2024 | Sascha Pare

Posted on 01/18/2024 11:04:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Margolis first studied the mummy excavated in 1908 while writing her master's thesis in anthropology at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C. on female pelvic morphology in 2019. "I CT scanned her to obtain her pelvic measurements," Margolis said. "That is when we discovered the second fetus."

The 3D images showed that the remains of a fetus, which no previous records mentioned, had become lodged in the girl's chest. Margolis and David Hunt, co-author of the new study and an anthropologist at GWU, X-rayed the mummy to obtain a clearer picture of the fetal remains.

"When we saw the second fetus we knew we had a unique find and a first for ancient Egyptian archaeology," Margolis said.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; egypt; godsgravesglyphs
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To: faucetman

Don’t you watch movies? ;^)


21 posted on 01/20/2024 6:54:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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