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Scientists Reach Back 2,000 Years to Bring Rare Child Mummy Back to Life
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This is an image of the child mummy's head. Description:
Once blocked by opaque bandages, the child mummy's resin soaked head, visible through a cut section of the cartonnage, is now able to be more closely examined by researchers.
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Image courtesy of Silicon Graphics, Inc., Stanford, and Volume Graphics GmbH • JPEG (ZIP 741K)
This is an image of the child mummy. Description:
Using SGI visualization technology, scientists have virtually unwrapped and analyzed the skeleton of a 2000-year-old child mummy, dubbed "Sherit" ancient Egyptian for "Little One".
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Image courtesy of Silicon Graphics, Inc., Stanford, and Volume Graphics GmbH • JPEG (ZIP 1.2M)