{"id":88541,"date":"2025-11-17T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/?p=88541"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:46:08","slug":"unwrapping-mummy-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-egypt\/unwrapping-mummy-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwrapping Mummy Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_88542\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-egypt\/unwrapping-mummy-mysteries\/attachment\/dsc04913\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88542\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88542\" class=\"wp-image-88542 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-300x200.jpg.avif\" alt=\"scanning a mummy\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-300x200.jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-1024x683.jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-768x512.jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-1536x1024.jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/11\/DSC04913-2048x1365.jpg.avif 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-300x200.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/DSC04913-2048x1365.jpg 2048w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-88542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researchers at the Field Museum scan one of the mummified individuals within their collection. <em>Courtesy The Field Museum, Morgan Clark. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than just the stuff of Hollywood movies, mummies and mummified remains have been the subject of scientific inquiry for centuries. 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It\u2019s something you prepare for, put money aside for all the way through your life, and hope you\u2019ve got enough at the end to really enjoy yourself,\u201d said J.P. Brown, Senior Conservator of Anthropology. \u201cThe additions are very literal. If you want eyes, then there needs to be physical eyes, or at least some physical allusion to eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CT scans of Chenet-aa also answered a long mystery surrounding her mummy: how she got into her funerary box, called a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartonnage\" target=\"_blank\"><em>cartonnage<\/em><\/a>. The papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9-like structure featured no obvious seam and had only a small opening near her feet, not large enough to fit through in one piece. However, the CT scans revealed a previously unnoticed seam along the back of the <em>cartonnage<\/em>, as well as lacing. 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