A mummified corpse with a "heart of gold" that was buried in a coffin 2300 years ago
The discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun in Luxor is considered to be the most important and famous discovery of modern archaeology.
But a new discovery has led to the identification of an embalmed body, or mummy, which is also believed to have belonged to the elite of ancient Egypt.
The reason for this assumption is that two thousand three hundred years ago this body was preserved with a heart of gold.
It should be noted that the body of this 14-15-year-old boy was discovered in 1916, but for almost a century, this mummy remained in a store with dozens of mummified bodies in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, due to which experts have detailed its details. Could not review it.
However, recently a team from Cairo University, led by Dr. Sahar Saleem, was shocked when they examined the body through a CT scan.
Sahira Salim, in an article published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, stated that her photographs showed that the body of the deceased had 49 amulets of 21 different types, many of which were made of gold, and that From, Mimi is named 'Golden Boy'.
The discovered mummy has been placed in a room at the Egyptian Museum where it will be exhibited.
Due to his healthy teeth and bones and the lack of evidence of malnutrition or disease, the scans confirmed that the young man was from the upper class. His remains were also 'standardized.' The brain and intestines were removed when the body was mummified.
In the pictures, it can be seen that under the bandages covering the young man's body was an object the length of two fingers with the dead man's uncircumcised penis, a golden tongue in his mouth, and gold in the hollow of his chest. A heart-shaped amulet was kept.
The ancient Egyptians placed amulets on the dead bodies of their dead with the intention of 'protecting' them in the afterlife. "The golden tongue inside the mouth guarantees that the deceased can speak after death," the archaeologist said.
The mummy is said to date back to the late Ptolemaic period of 332 - 30 BC and was found in 1916 at Edfu in the south of the country. It was discovered six years ago by an excavation led by British archaeologist Howard Carter. Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings during his excavations.
The remains of the young man were kept in two coffins with an inscription in Greek on the outside while the inside was made of wood. The corpse had a golden mask on its face.
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