Preliminary studies of mummified remains from a recently discovered ancient tomb in Egypt suggest that mummification began 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, the findings “may rewrite the history of Egyptian mummification,” a scientist working on the project said.
The scientist, Salima Ikram, a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, joined a research team one year ago to help analyze remains found in a richly decorated tomb in the necropolis at Saqqara, an archaeological site 20 miles south of Cairo. Ikram was asked to confirm whether the remains dated back to Egypt’s Old Kingdom (ca. 2686–2181 B.C.E.).
Scientists had already determined that the tomb was built for a nobleman named Khuwy, who lived in the late Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Were the mummified remains found inside also that old?
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