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© O. Leydo The world s first identified pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy has been revealed in Warsaw after anthropologists spotted a tiny foot in the woman s womb. Scientists from the Warsaw Mummy Project were carrying out research on the mummified body, which was initially thought to have been an Egyptian priest named Hor-Djehuty until the team revealed it was a woman. Marzena Ożarek-Szilke, anthropologist and archaeologist from the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw told PAP: We were already at the stage of summarizing the project and sending the publication to print. With my husband Stanisław, an archaeologist of Egypt, we had the last look at the images and noticed a familiar image for parents three children in the deceased woman s abdomen a tiny foot.

Wojciech ejsmondInstitute of mediterraneanEgyptian mummyWarsaw mummy projectOriental culturesWarsaw mummyநிறுவனம் ஆஃப் மத்திய தரைக்கடல்எகிப்தியன் மம்மிஓரியெஂடல் கலாச்சாரங்கள்