X-Ray of an Ancient Mummy Reveals Details of Noblewoman's Life 💀 | Smithsonian Channel 

As a radiologist what can you tell about the guy holding the photo cassette while the X-ray pulse tube is emitting? @ 0:44 sec

What are your conclusions?

Thank you for pointing that out. I was thinking the same thing. My mother and grandmother had scoliosis. It didn't shorten their lives at all. It is unsettling that those in the medical field, while working to unravel the mysteries of ancient people, are so wrong. Scarier is that there is no medical professional above, to correct them. As a result, if not corrected, humankind we will have a skewed view of our ancient past.

@@puffdaddyfpv7046 No one in the room wearing lead. But, they probably do not shoot many x-rays per year. The guy holding the x-ray tube may have gotten the largest exposure.

@@margo3367 My conclusions are the skeletal findings seen radiographically were noncontributory to the overall health of this person and are minimal in degree.

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Unearthing.. Finding out things and still hiding stuff from us.. What are they really looking for..???

I've been to museums with Egyptian and South American mummies, and I must admit that I felt uncomfortable. Displaying the bodies as they do feels very disrespectful. On the other hand, ancient Egyptians believed that as long as their name was spoken, they were not truly dead, so displaying artifacts, such as coffins, gives them an immortality that would please them.

And then transported? I thought the same.

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Because her condition was inconsistent with that of other mummies who were similarly excavated and transported. Yes, things can happen to mummies as the earth changes, but how the woman was found reflects health issues modern medicine has detailed information on.

I just read anout a mummy with her baby still inside her. They said it was the only pregnant mummy they ever found. They had several ideas, but essentially did not know why the baby was still inside her.

They removed specific organs that were believed to be important for health in the afterlife. Those were preserved separately. Other organs were left as they were seen almost as vestigial.

They reported in the news that a mummy, baby inside, was discovered. They said the embalming process 'pickled' the baby and xrays did not pick it up. They believe other babies were also in mummys but undetected because they used the wrong tool when looking as Xrays do not work

I don't think you mean all organic material, because literally everything your body is made from is organic material, including your skin and bones. I've yet to see a skinless, boneless mummy.

@@laura121684 Yes, that is correct I misspoke. What I meant to imply was that during mummifications they general need to remove the internal organs in a process known as desiccation to preserve the body for the afterlife.

Thousands of years. I don't know. Maybe the scientists had looked at many mummies before. Or, it could be that the persons who prepared her for mummification did a poor job(?)

Huh?

@@tenor-haute-contre it’s mostly used as a response to a joke that was taken a bit too far

@@tenor-haute-contre for youngings such as myself the skull emoji means that someone thinks that something is funny but the joke is a little too far

I think either by jewelry, different items in the tomb, the tomb itself! And I believe I saw where the way the arms were crossed was a sign as well.

They said she was an aristocrat, not royalty.

How do you tell the difference between ordinary and rich people today? The tell tale signs were the same then as it is today.

Only nobles were rich enough to afford a sarcophagus after death

Headdress.

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Scientific Advancement doesn’t mean they are artistically advanced.

@@Grumbo_Deluxe maybe so but other cultures had really intricate carvings at the time and even millenia before. Just a thought, anyway. Maybe they preferred that style and it was in fashion.

It was just the culture. A lot of art wasn't meant to be incredibly realistic, but ritualistic. The Amarna period has the most realistic art in ancient Egypt and seems to convey beauty.

@@AntonsClass Thanks, I'll have a look.

From what I've read, it falls under one of two categories. The weathier could afford a coffin with a face carved into it made to be what the deceased would look like in an idealized way. They wanted it to look more idealized and not realistic, because in their religion, this is the face that their loved one would have for all of eternity in the afterlife. And the second situation where coffins were more mass-produced for those who were less well-off, and they would just customize it with the name of the deceased and whatnot, but the same beliefs apply about the afterlife. Everyone wanted to be idealized, beautiful people in the afterlife.

I understand your concerns AllieBeee, but the Egyptians valued the preservation of their names beyond everything else. If this woman could speak, she would beg you to open her sarcophagus and learn and say her name aloud. In this way her spirit could live again. Otherwise, she is lost forever. She would then ask the gods to curse and torment you for your (unintentionally) letting her name disappear, and her spirit perish.

I noticed it too. It was unmistakable, and not so surprising.

She is a Black woman.

They will never analyze her DNA for ideological reasons but honestly most, if not all, of these mummies X-ray show significant prognathism. Their origin is unquestionable sub-Saharan

What lesson is that?

Which Pharoh? There were more than one.

I concur

Matthew 6

And.. Your point is..???