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Scientists have revealed another secret of the world’s first pregnant mummy

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In the past, scientists assumed that during her life the woman was at 26-30 weeks of pregnancy, and she was from 20 to 30 years old.

Researchers at the National Museum in Warsaw discovered that a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy, once believed to be pregnant, had no fetus in its pelvis, but four bundles placed there by ancient embalmers. This was reported by The First News.

Experts say that despite X-rays and CT scans last year showing they depicted a fetus, the researchers made a mistake due to a computer illusion and misinterpretation of the CT scan.

“The bundles probably contain at least one mummified organ of the deceased. This was a well-known practice in ancient Egypt. The remaining bundles may contain body parts or other materials from the mummification process. There is another version – embalmers who put bundles on mummies, to preserve the shape of the body after the mummification process,” said bioarchaeologist and co-founder of the Warsaw Mummy project Kamila Braulińska.

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It was previously reported that at the archaeological site of Saqqara, located south of Cairo in Egypt, scientists found a cache of sarcophagi and 150 bronze figurines.

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