A team of scientists has pioneered a new method to uncover clues about an 1,900-year-old mummy without damaging the ancient corpse. A CT can was deployed to form a 'three dimensional roadmap' of the contents of the mummy,' lead author Stuart Stock told CNN. Sometimes real beetles were also included [File photo]'This opaque object is about the right shape for a scarab,' Stock told CNN. 'It looks like there was no skeletal trauma,' Stock told CNN, meaning it is unlikely the child died a violent death. 'Back in the day [in Victorian times], they would take them apart,' Stock told CNN.

Source: Daily Mail November 25, 2020 21:13 UTC