CT scans used to “digitally unwrap” the mummy of of Amenhotep I yielded surprising new insights into the unusual circumstances surrounding his mummification and burial
For the first time in more than three millennia, humanity has gazed upon the mortal remains of one well-preserved royal mummy.
That of Amenhotep I was discovered in a burial site near the Egyptian city of Luxor more than a century ago. But while the mummies of other ancient Egyptian pharaohs found in the 19th and 20th centuries were opened and studied, Amenhotep I’s mummy was left untouched because archaeologists were loath to disturb its near-perfect wrappings and exquisitely decorated funerary head.
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