It was always believed that this tiny Egyptian artifact ( show above)contained the mummified remains of a bird . However , after using CT CAT scan to peer inside the2,300 - year - old mummy , Maidstone Museumin the UK find it contain a much darker secret . The scans suggest that the miniature mummy actually contained the remains of a human sister thought to have been miscarried at around 20 weeks .
The artefact was antecedently mark as “ a mummified war hawk with linen and cartonnage , Ptolemaic time period ( 323 BCE – 30 BCE ) . ” Whilst having a full mummy scanned at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery ( KIMS ) , the museum had the chance to scan some of the other items in their Ancient Civilizations gallery , including the " hawk " . After this surprising discovery , the curators now think it could in fact be one of the youngest human mommy ever discovered .
“ Thanks to the CT rake from KIMS Hospital , we are capable to hear much more about the accumulation in a non - invasive manner , without damaging the unity or shape of the artifacts , ” Samantha Harris , Collections Manager at Maidstone Museum , enjoin ina statement . “For example , without entree to the engineering , identifying and teach about the baby mummy would ’ve been impossible without causing irreversible terms from let on . ”
The facial expression of Ta - Kush who die some 2,700 year ago . Paul Dixon / Maidstone Museum
The mummy originally being scan was the cadaver of Ta - Kush , an evenly misunderstood albeit larger mummy . The so - call " Daughter of the Door Keeper Osiris " was always thought to be a 14 - class - old girlfriend who die 2,700 long time ago , however the newfangled scans seem to recite a unlike news report .
“ The initial results of Ta - Kush ’s scan were remarkable . Not only did we obtain evidence of fully erupted wisdom tooth to help us identify that her age was in all likelihood much higher than was first thought , but also that there was grounds of a wedge fracture in one of her vertebrae – a symptom of patients suffering a downward impingement such as a fall , ” Harriscontinued .
Over the coming calendar month , the researchers desire to make a complete digital reconstruction of her typeface . you’re able to tick out a video of Ta - Kush ’s scan below .
