Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart

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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart

An ancient Egyptian mummy found with an intact brain, but no heart, has a plaque on her abdomen that may have been intended to ritually heal her, say a team of researchers who examined the female body with CT scans.

The woman probably lived around 1,700 years ago, at a time when Egypt was under Roman rule and Christianity was spreading, according to radiocarbon dating. Her name is unknown and she died between age 30 and 50. Like many Egyptians, she had terrible dental problems and had lost many of her teeth.

The use of mummification was in decline as Roman culture and Christianity took hold in the country. But this woman and her family, apparently strong in their traditional Egyptian beliefs, insisted on having the procedure done. [See Images of the Ancient Egyptian Mummy & Weird Plaque]

To remove her organs, the scans show, the embalmers created a hole through her perineum and removed her intestines, stomach, liver and even her heart. Her brain, however, was left intact. Spices and lichen were spread over her head and abdomen, and she was wrapped and presumably put in a coffin; her final resting place was likely near Luxor, 19th century records say.

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart | LiveScience
 

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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart

An ancient Egyptian mummy found with an intact brain, but no heart, has a plaque on her abdomen that may have been intended to ritually heal her, say a team of researchers who examined the female body with CT scans.

The woman probably lived around 1,700 years ago, at a time when Egypt was under Roman rule and Christianity was spreading, according to radiocarbon dating. Her name is unknown and she died between age 30 and 50. Like many Egyptians, she had terrible dental problems and had lost many of her teeth.

The use of mummification was in decline as Roman culture and Christianity took hold in the country. But this woman and her family, apparently strong in their traditional Egyptian beliefs, insisted on having the procedure done. [See Images of the Ancient Egyptian Mummy & Weird Plaque]

To remove her organs, the scans show, the embalmers created a hole through her perineum and removed her intestines, stomach, liver and even her heart. Her brain, however, was left intact. Spices and lichen were spread over her head and abdomen, and she was wrapped and presumably put in a coffin; her final resting place was likely near Luxor, 19th century records say.

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart | LiveScience

Well, at least we know that it can't be ancestors of anyone from our current administration - the finding of a brain with the remains gave that away! :hehheh
 

WKUHilltopper

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I'm surprised the MSM didn't run this headline: Ancient Egyptian Republican Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart
 

mattfivefour

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Must have been a Conservative. You know the saying ... a Conservative is someone with brains but no heart; a Liberal is someone with a heart but no brains.
 

daygo

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Found this on yahoo news....


Mummy scans reveal gruesome details

Researchers at the British Museum made a gruesome discovery when a scan of an ancient mummy revealed a spatula had been left lodged in its skull after being used to scoop out its brains.


Researchers at the British Museum made a gruesome discovery when a scan of an ancient mummy revealed a spatula had been left lodged in its skull after being used to scoop out its brains.

The body of the man, from Thebes in modern-day Egypt, is believed to have been mummified around 600 BC.

It was one of eight mummies that were examined with advanced CT scanners that produce high resolution data that can be turned into 3D images using software originally designed to make cars.

The image of the man's mummified body clearly shows the spatula in his head and a series of dental abscesses which would have caused him extremely painful toothache.

A new exhibition at the central London museum also features the remains of a female singer called Tamut who lived in the same area in around 900 BC.

Her body was buried with jewellery befitting her high status and the scan also showed she suffered from blocked arteries which may have contributed to her death.

The museum's director Neil MacGregor said: "This new technology is truly ground-breaking, allowing us to reconstruct and understand the lives of these eight, very different, individuals.

"This is a project which has only been made possible through recent technological advances and I am delighted that the museum is at the forefront of this kind of research and presentation."

Visitors to the exhibition, which runs from May 22 to November 30, will be able to see big-screen images which reveal some of the secrets of mummification.

The exhibition, sponsored by banking group Julius Baer and technology firm Samsung, is the latest in a long line of technological developments that have enhanced experts' knowledge of the mummification process.

The museum started x-raying its mummies in the 1960s and used CT scanners for the first time in the 1990s.

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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain but No Heart

An ancient Egyptian mummy found with an intact brain, but no heart, has a plaque on her abdomen that may have been intended to ritually heal her,
say a team of researchers who examined the female body with CT scans.

The woman probably lived around 1,700 years ago, at a time when Egypt was under Roman rule and Christianity was spreading, according to
radiocarbon dating. Her name is unknown and she died between age 30 and 50. Like many Egyptians, she had terrible dental problems and
had lost many of her teeth.

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Here is a face reconstruction of the abovementioned mummy. Cool !


Image Gallery: The Faces of Egyptian Mummies Revealed | LiveScience
 
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