At the last moment of death, most of us wish that it would come to find us in old age and that we would go away quietly and painlessly. It is therefore shocking the sight of the mummy, 3,500 years ago, with its mouth wide open as if it were screaming, that scientists saw when they discovered it.

The mummy was discovered in 1935, according to MailOnline, in an archaeological dig that revealed a wooden coffin, which was located under the tomb of the architect Senmut, who died in 1464 BC.

What do we know about the screaming woman?

The coffin contained the unidentified body of a woman, wearing a dark wig and two silver and gold scarab rings.

She was found with her mouth open as if she had died screaming, which is why scientists named her “The Screaming Woman”.

Examining the mummy with modern screening techniques, scientists concluded that the woman was lying face up, with her legs stretched out and her arms crossed over her groin.

She was missing several teeth, which she probably lost before her death, and was around 1.54 in height. He was about 48 years old and suffered from mild arthritis of the spine.

Mummy

The “scream” of the mummy

The mummy was embalmed with juniper and frankincense, expensive materials that must have been imported from Egypt.

The rarity and high price of the embalming materials seem to indicate that the burial process was carried out carelessly and hastily, with the result that those who buried her neglected to close her mouth.

Sahar Saleem, one of the authors of the study from Cairo University, said: “The facial expression of the mummy, which appears to be screaming in this study could be read as a convulsion of the corpse, implying that the woman died screaming from agony or pain”.