Scientists Ponder Over The Mystery Of The Missing Egyptian Animal Mummies

Kimberly Solis
Mon, 18 May 2015 13:43:35 -0700

When researchers from the University of Manchester and Manchester Museum decided to take a peek inside some ancient Egyptian animal mummies using CT scans they expected to discover perfectly preserved remains. To their surprise, only one-third of the 800 specimens they examined actually contained complete skeletons. The rest housed partial animal remains, or even worse, just some mud, sticks, and eggshells.