Digital Imaging to examine mummies without cutting them open
In the past, Egyptologists and archaeologists cut up mummies to thoroughly examine them. Opening up a mummy ultimately meant damaging it, which limited the amount of information they could collect.
Mistri recalled how scientists used invasive techniques to examine the world's most famous mummy, King Tutankhamen.
"They hacksawed his head off," he said.
In the past, Egyptologists and archaeologists cut up mummies to thoroughly examine them. Opening up a mummy ultimately meant damaging it, which limited the amount of information they could collect.
Mistri recalled how scientists used invasive techniques to examine the world's most famous mummy, King Tutankhamen.
"They hacksawed his head off," he said.
