A team of experts think they have solved a nearly 200-year-old mystery of how a famous Egyptian mummy came to die: they believe she was stabbed in the back.
, said that new analysis of CT scans discovered a severe wound in the mummy's upper back near her left shoulder, which may have been caused by a knife.
The study"demonstrates how new information can be revealed thousands of years after a person's death," David said."The findings finally solve the mystery of the mummy which has intrigued Egyptologists -- and the public -- since she was first unwrapped in Belfast in 1835," the University of Manchester said in a statement.
Since she was first unwrapped in 1835, Takabuti has undergone extensive studies, Dr. Greer Ramsey, curator of archaeology at National Museums NI said, including in recent years X-rays, CT scans, hair analysis and radio carbon dating. But DNA analysis and further interpretations of CT scans in the latest study provided"new and"much more detailed information" about her, he said in a release.
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