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Archaeology mystery of Egypt’s ‘screaming mummy’ may have been solved

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A team of researchers at Cairo University may have cracked a 3,000-year-old mystery surrounding an Egyptian mummy whose face appears frozen in a horrifying scream. The unidentified female corpse, dubbed the "screaming woman," was first unearthed by archaeologists in 1935 and has baffled experts ever since. Her contorted, tilted face - shaped unmistakably into what resembles a scream - was long attributed to a botched embalming process. Now, after subjecting the mummy to X-rays and CT scans, scientists believe her expression may instead reflect genuine suffering at the moment of death, a phenomenon known as cadaveric spasm. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The mummy was placed in luxurious fashion, laid to rest alongside royal architects and other figures connected to the pharaoh Hatsheput. Far from the botched burial one might expect if her embalming had simply been mishandled, she was surrounded by costly imported frankincense and juniper resin. She also wore an elaborate wig crafted

First report: Gruesome mystery of Egypt’s ‘screaming mummy’ finally revealed — metro.co.uk, 6d