Tutankhamun and three newly discovered mummies in a modern high-tech look

Three-year-old sarcophagus with very 2500 well-preserved mummies have been discovered in Egypt. “The discovery was an accident,” said the chief archaeologist of the Egyptian government, Sahi Hawass. Australian researchers who explore in Saqqara south of Cairo a grave from the period of Pharaoh Pepi II. (End of the 6th dynasty to 2184 BC), discovered a secret door, as they clear away a double statue. Behind them were three beautiful sarcophagi in the shape of human body, containing mummies. One is among the best preserved mummies that have been found so far, so Hawass.

The stocked with rare turquoise beads canvas wrap the mummy shows a stylized face. The mummies, probably by mid officials, submitted by the sarcophagus-inscriptions from the 26th dynasty (about 500 BC). Also a statue of God Petah Sakar cemetery from this period was found in the grave.
The work of the Australian team focus for ten years in a 4200 years old system in which there was a double statue, representing the teachers of Pharaoh Pepi Meri II., And Meris woman.

The three mummies are now being examined in computed tomography (CT) in more detail. Such CT scans, the mummy of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamen just behind him. Its body was taken out of his grave in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) to be in a donated by Siemens spiral CT, which delivers exceptionally fast images from inside the body in the way of his early death (at age 19) studied, , In 15 minutes in 1700 CT scans of Tutankhamun were made. Key Facts: He was not killed as previously thought. The skull shows no injuries. But was discovered a complicated thigh fracture, which could have triggered a deadly infection. But the research team from Egypt, Italy and Switzerland also does not exclude entirely that broke his leg during the embalming of the corpse.

Tutankhamun was 170 cm tall and lean, well nourished and healthy. He had no serious childhood diseases. His bone structure is judged to be normal. Recognizable skeletal deformations are only attributed to the mummification process.

Tutankhamun ascended the throne than about eight years old. He died eleven years later (. To 1323 BC.). Its completely intact, with treasures fully packed grave (the only Pharaonic tombs) was 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter. 50 of the most beautiful finds from the grave of Pharaoh, including the golden death mask are, can be seen until May 1 in the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn. Before, they were exhibited in Basel, because the Egyptian Museum in Cairo will be rebuilt.

(Source: .merkur-mixed / rt302,376166.