The British Museum has carried out scans on eight Egyptian
mummies, revealing amazing details about the people inside the caskets.
Never before has anyone seen mummy hair, muscles and bone in such detail.
Each mummy was put into a special CT scanner (an X-ray machine) to investigate the mummies layer by layer, building up a 3D picture of each one.
The study's revealed many details about who these people were, how they lived and how they died.
A special X-ray machine was used By peeling away each layer museum staff could see the face of the person underneath the bandages and for the first time to tell the age of the mummies, what they ate, and the kinds of diseases they suffered from.
The scans "peeled away" the mummies' coverings layer
by layer John Taylor, from the British Museum said he was "stunned" when he saw the images.
"It's as if you switched a light on in a dark room and things jump out with a clarity where you are able to find out what the life experiences of these people really were," he said.
The bodies could be seen in amazing details
The researchers were able to see muscles and even arteries in the ancient bodies.
They even saw that some arteries seemed clogged with fatty deposits, which could mean that these particular people ate rich fatty foods and maybe died of heart disease.
Scientists can calculate the age from the teeth and
pelvis After peeling away the muscle, researchers were able to see the skeletons in amazing detail.
They were able to guess the age of the individual mummies from their pelvis and their teeth.
Many of them had bad teeth with signs of abscesses (infections), which would have been very painful to live with.
This scan shows the remains of a spatula still inside
the skull One scan shows a spatula (shown in green) left inside the mummy's skull.
Write a newspaper report about these exciting discoveries. Remember to include the features we practiced in class.
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I look forward to reading them after half term.
Miss Joseph
CT Scanner Scan's Mummy
ReplyDelete24 hours ago a CT scanner scanned a mummy.It showed how they were,how they lived and how they died. When they took of all the layers of the mummy the museum staff saw there real faces,what they ate and many more.
John Taylor said he was 'stunned' with the detail. Scientists calculated the age by there pelvis and teeth.After taking away the layers they saw the amazing detail inside the bones.It has been said that the mummy had bad teeth that meant it had an infection.
We interviewed John Taylor and Kate Ray a worker at the museum."It was mid blowing,I never thought I would see something like this" he added "I love my job here at the museum!".Kate exclaimed "I couldn't believe my eyes,I love the detail that was put in".
The staff at the museum have agreed to put the images up on the display at the museum.Many mummies are soon to be scanned.
i like that how you done.That was ver good newspaper report
DeleteScanning egyptian mummies,
ReplyDelete26 hours ago a scaner scanned a mummy. The British Museum was scanned one of the mummy the scan report said it was a woman mummy . She was a singer ,when they removed the bandage , they were saw all of the body .
When they looked even closely they saw bone and muscles and saw more fat.They might be ate lots of rich fat food,possibly she had a heart disease and died. Also we might know about her hair and nails , the ct scaner to show mummies faces after thousands of years .........
We interviewed john taylor said i was work long time in this Museum i was happy to work here, i would like to shared lots of important facts for the school children and the people.
The Museum workers did there hard work at the Museum and main tening the mummies.
Mummies scanned by CT scanners
ReplyDelete48 hours ago CT scanned a mummy. It had features of what they ate how they lived and how they died. Once they had removed all the wrapping the staff of the museum saw the inside of the body.
They were amazed to see the insides and it has an example that there was a big part where it showed that they ate fattening food which was rich and high quality in taste and appearance.
John Taylor, from the British museum was "Thrilled" To find out all this information about the, "It was amazing to find out about how rich, fattening and suffering the mummy was." They calculated the age by the teeth and the pelvis. After taking and uncovering layers they saw the thick wrinkly bones put together.
The museum agreed to put the images on display for a while because the want people to see how amazing and stunning it is to see the actual bones.
Scanning Mummies
ReplyDelete48 hours ago a special x-ray machine had actually scanned a mummy. The scanner shows how the mummy eats, its lifestyle and the kind of diseases it had. The scanner peels away each layer of bandages you can see all the bones, arteries and the body's organs.
Sam Botter who works at the museum was amazed when he saw the mummy. He could not believe his eyes. When Sam Botter saw the scan, he could see that there were fatty deposits clogging up the arteries. This showed that the diet was not good. They looked at the teeth, there were signs of infection. It was horrible.
Sam Botter said, "It was amazing finding out about these Egyptian mummies. It was like steeping into the past. At first I felt a bit unsure but then it was all clear. I love my job".
Now the mummy's scan has been shown in the museum. Lots of people are coming to see it and are just as amazed!
Egyptian Mummies
ReplyDeleteBritish museum has discovered out eight old Egyption mummies.They conceal out standing information about the mummies in the caskets.
People haven't seen real mummies before.Mummies has been put in a special scanner.A invented x-ray machine was used.Scietists beeled the bandages becuase to see the mummies faces.
John Taylor was shoaced to see the bodies.The bodies had amazing detials.Also reseachers found out interesting discoveries.One of which is that the mummies were found to be rich because of the food that they ate.
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Scientist could calculate the ages from the mummies teeth and pelvis.Many mumies had bad teeth of abscesses.
I like your newspaper report Kawin and I liked your connectives too.
Delete48 hours ago they found a Egyptian body in the tomb. they scand it but the body was from a long time ago it was so exciting for them seeing a 100 years old Egyptians body it was creepy
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ReplyDeleteIn the British Museum scientists have been able to see what is inside the wrappings of the mummy with a CT scanner. It has shown scientists how the people inside the mummies died, how old they were and how they lived. By looking through the layers scientists could see who they were and what they ate.
Scientists have discovered that because some people in the mummies have eaten lots of fatty foods their arteries are clogged. Scientists have been able to calculate the age by the teeth and pelvis.
John Taylor, senior scientist at the British Museum, said he was “amazed’’ when he saw the inner part of the mummies. “It was an incredible discovery as it gave us more information on who they were, how old they were, what they ate and how they died” he proclaimed. “Most mummies had rotten teeth which showed sign of infections”.
The mummies will be put on display at the Egyptian Gallery in the British Museum. Everyone will have a chance to see the gruesome and stunning inner parts of the mummy.
In the british museum scientists have used a ct scanner to see what was inside eight ancient Egyptian mummies.They had been discovered in a tomb in Egypt.It was amazing to see what a fully preserved mummie looked like.
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