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What did the scans reveal? The world’s first known pregnant mummy.
Who was the Pregnant Mummy?
A study on the discovery has been published in the
Journal of Archaeological Science . In it, the researchers write that their X-ray and CT scans of the mummified body show that the woman died when she was between 20-30 years old. They measured the fetus’ head to ascertain how many weeks along the woman was in her pregnancy and found she was between 26 and 30 weeks pregnant when she died.
The pregnant mummy was identified by x-ray and CT scanning. Source:
In their paper, they note that “This find is the only known case of an embalmed pregnant individual.” As study lead author Dr. Wojciech Ejsmond, of the Polish Academy of Sciences, told The Sun ,