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New CT scans will shed light on a 2,300-year-old mummified baby

2019-03-08 8 Dailymotion

Fresh scans will shed more light on a mummified Egyptian baby which for centuries was thought to be the remains of a bird.<br /><br />Historians once believed the famous relic was a 2,300-year-old hawk, before a CT scan showed it was actually a baby born in around 300BC.<br /><br />They now hope another micro CT scan can give even more information about the artifact, which is part of a collection at Maidstone Museum in Kent.<br /><br />Sam Harris, museum curator, said: “The micro CT scan will assist in identification and diagnosis and, hopefully, confirm our findings so far.

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