Of the 49 amulets found on the ancient mummy, 30 were made of gold or had gold components. The amulets and their significanceįollowing the CT scans, the researchers used 3D printing to enable the tactile and visual study of the amulets, and the result of the 3D CT scanning of the largest amulet in the mummy was translated into a printable format. The findings of the CT scan have been published in Frontiers in Medicine and were made by a team from the Department of Radiology at Kasr Al Ainy Hospital and the Cairo Egyptian museum. 'Golden boy’ mummy (photo credit: CAIRO EGYPTIAN MUSEUM VIA FRONTIERS)Ī 2,300-year-old mummy that was originally found in 1916 but left unexamined, recently underwent CT scans whereby scientists found him wearing 49 ritually-significant amulets and sandals. Jerusalem Post Archaeology 2,300-year-old teenage 'golden boy' mummy undergoes CT scan Close to 50 amulets were found on the body of a 2,300-year-old teenage mummy kept in the Cairo Egyptian Museum. Israel News Health & Wellness WORLD NEWS Middle East Business & Innovation Opinion Archeology Login Log Out (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) ` (script) Advertisement

For this reason, relatives and embalmers did everything they could to ensure that their loved one might reach a happy destination.2,300-year-old teenage 'golden boy' mummy undergoes CT scan - The Jerusalem Post

But entry into this afterlife wasn’t guaranteed: it first required a perilous journey through the underworld, followed by an individual last judgment. The ancient Egyptians believed that when we died, our spiritual body sought out an afterlife similar to this world. The boy was dressed in sandals and adorned with ferns, reflecting Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife during the Ptolemaic period. The mummy had 49 amulets of various gold types placed on or inside the body, including a two-finger amulet near the uncircumcised penis, a golden heart scarab in the thoracic cavity, and a golden tongue in the mouth. Scientists used CT scans to digitally unwrap a 2,300-year-old mummy of a high-status teenage boy. Credit: SN SALEEM A digital unwrapping has revealed that a 2,300-year-old unopened mummy serves as a showcase of ancient Egyptian beliefs. The mummy was garlanded with ferns and wore a gilded face mask.

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