Team at Cairo University conclude teenager was rich and he may point to evidence non-Egyptians were mummified
A new digital scan has revealed intimate details about a teenage boy who was mummified about 2,300 years ago.
The team dubbed the mummy the Golden Boy. He was first discovered in 1916 at a cemetery used from 332BC to 30BC in Nag el-Hassay in southernThe amulets on the body included a golden heart scarab stuck down his throat and a golden tongue inside his mouth. Ikram, who was not involved in the study, added: “It might suggest that foreigners adopted Egyptian burial practices – and we know the Persians did.
But Ikram is less certain of this interpretation. She said: “Two-fingered amulets appear in other parts of the body. We don’t really know what it represents.
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