Scarabs symbolize rebirth in ancient Egyptians and in the form of a discoid (disc-shaped) beetle. 'There were engraved marks on the back that could represent the inscriptions and spells the priests wrote to protect the boy during his journey. 'It was really amazing especially after I 3D printed and was able to hold it in my hands,' Saleem said. She wound up creating a replica of it using a 3D printer. As far as preparation for the afterlife, this royal teenager was set. However, one amulet in particular stood out to Saleem: the golden heart scarab placed inside the torso cavity. Embalmers placed amulets during mummification to vitalize the dead body.'įor example, the teenage mummy's tongue was capped in gold 'to enable the deceased to speak' and the sandals 'were to enable the deceased to walk out of the tomb in the ,' Saleem said. According to Live Science, archaeologists found the partial remains of three different cats inside the single feline mummy. Amulets were used by ancient Egyptians in their lives. Thanks to the use of computerized tomography, better known as CT scanning, a recent scan of a 2,500-year-old cat mummy has yielded some unexpected findings. crystals) provide energy with different wavelengths that could have effect on the body. Different materials, shapes and colors (e.g. 'In modern science, this is explained by energy.

This is the third and innermost coffin holding the royal mummy. ' Ancient Egyptians believed in the power of amulets … and they were used for protection and for providing specific benefits for the living and the dead,' Saleem said. King Tutankhamun's solid gold sarcophagi on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, photographed on Oct. A series of images from the study, including CT scans that 'digitally unwrapped' the mummy.

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