Female mummy found in Egypt

A  mysterious Mummy found in Egypt

Researchers discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy!! it is from the first century in Egypt. 

The mummy was donated to the University of Warsaw in Poland.

X-ray and CT scans of the mummy show that it is the female mummy and did not match the coffin and coffin which was made for a male. The mummy was not a priest named Hor-Djehuty from ancient Thebes, whose name was written on the coffin. 

The female mummy died when she was between 20 and 30 years old and was about 6.5 to 7.5 months pregnant, this information was collected from the fetus's head.

The scans showed her lungs, liver, stomach with intestines, and heart inside the female mummy were removed, preserved, and then placed back inside the mummy body, but the fetus did not remove from the uterus.

The researchers haven't determined the gender of the fetus or why it was left in the body. The researchers told that the fetus may have been thought of as it is still an integral part of the body since it was not yet born. 

 Researchers said that a fetus of that age would have been difficult to calculate because of the thickness and hardness of the uterus.

The archaeologists are also don't know why this mummy was inside a male's coffin. According to the study up to 10% of mummies are found in the wrong coffins, due to illegal excavations and looting, etc. Researchers also noted earlier that there was damage to the wrappings on the mummy's neck, likely caused by robbers who may have stolen some amulets. The mummy is named "Mysterious Lady of the National Museum in Warsaw" because there's still much that’s not known about her. "Her mummy represents a great example of ancient Egyptian unique skills. She was also buried with a "rich set" of amulets, according to the study.

It's also not clear why she died maybe high mortality during pregnancy and childbirth in those times is not a secret so researchers said  that pregnancy could somehow contribute to the death of the young woman."

The team now working on small samples of blood that were preserved in the mummy's soft tissues to try to find out the cause of death.

Writer = Gunjan Yogesh Bholane

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