A mystery of about 3,000 years could finally be distinguished. Although most Egyptian mummies have a serene face, archaeologists have discovered in 2008 another mummy that has become famous for its gruff expression, Huffington Post reports.RELATED NEWS A mysterious Egyptian mummy of the third century BC is the basic part of ... "The terrible mummy of the Unknown E, also known as the" screaming mummy, "has long caused confusion among researchers," Egypt Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquity Zahi Hawass told Al-Ahram Weekly.
Now, scientists think they have figured out why the mummy seems so weird: there is a possibility that it even screamed when it lost its life. Hawass specified that the AND tests confirmed a theory that the mummy was probably Prince Pentewere. He had been sentenced to death and was probably detained for his role in the assassination of his own father, Ramses III, who reigned in the 12th century BC. But the mummy had other mysteries. "I found this mummy covered with sheepskin," Hawass confessed to National Geographic in 2008.
"In the minds of the ancient Egyptians, covering sheepskins meant that the man was not innocent; did something (bad) in his life, "Hawass said in 2008. At the same time, the mummy had no form of funeral markings, which, according to the custom then, would have forbidden its role in later life. The tombs and legs of the mummy were tied and did not show any traditional mummification process. "It was not even mummified, it was just left to dry in the natron after which it was poured into the resin mouth," explains Al-Ahram Weekly. Even so, the "mummy screaming" was buried alongside the rest of the royal family. "There were two forces on this mummy: one that tried to get rid of him and another to try to keep it. For some reason, there was an attempt to make sure that he did not have a lifetime, and then in another attempt, someone tried to reverse the process, "said Bob Brier, archaeologist at Long Island University, who examined the body.
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