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Mummy is a daddy


Published on Thursday 25 June 2009 14:36

A medical scan has revealed an ancient Egyptian mummy thought for centuries to be a woman is a man.

A New York hospital examined four mummies from the Brooklyn Museum and the CAT scan revealed a mummy named Lady Hor was male.

Researchers were hoping to get further knowledge about ancient funeral practices and the mummies' identities and causes of death.


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