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  • Italian Mummy Source of 'The Scream'?

    05/02/2005 6:36:23 AM PDT · by Sam Cree · 35 replies · 1,174+ views
    Discovery Channel ^ | September 04, 2004 | Rosella Lorenzi
    An Inca mummy kept in a Florentine museum might have been a source of inspiration for Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream," an Italian anthropologist claims. Bearing a striking resemblance to Munch's now stolen painting, the mummy was rediscovered as Florence's Museum of Natural History began to carry out scientific investigations such as CT scans on its collection of Peruvian mummies. “ It"s the strong resemblance that struck us. Basically, the images of the 'The Scream' and the mummy can be overlapped. ” "It"s the strong resemblance that struck us. Basically, the images of the 'The Scream' and the mummy can...