The mummy of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I was so extraordinarily made – decorated with flower garlands and buried with a highly realistic mask, that scientists were reluctant to open it. That is, until now.
About 3,000 years after Amenofi’s burial, a team of researchers used CT scans to digitally “unfold” his body for the first time, actually looking through the many layers to reveal what he would look like when he lived.
They also found that the pharaoh, who ruled from about 1525 BC. by 1504 BC, he was 35 years old and 5.5 feet (169 cm) tall when he died. He was also circumcised and had healthy teeth, the researchers said. Beneath the wrappers were 30 amulets as well as “a unique gold belt with gold beads,” said study co-author Sahar Saleem, a professor of radiology at Cairo University School of Medicine.
This belt may have had a “magical meaning” and the amulets “each had the function of helping the dying king in the afterlife,” Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s former head of antiquities and co-author of the new novel, told Live Science. study published Tuesday (Dec. 28) in the journal Frontiers in Medicine,
“The Amenhotep I mummy wears a kind of belt. The ancient Egyptians wore such jewelry around their waists. Some belts, like this one, have amulets with shells on the side,” Saleem said.
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