Researchers get a digital look at expertly preserved 3,500-year-old pharaoh

The World

Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep I has been dead for about 3,500 years — and he looks surprisingly good. His secret? Being expertly mummified in ancient Egypt. Now for the first time, scientists are getting a good look at him using X-rays and digital tools. The World's Marco Werman learns more with Sahar Saleem, a mummy expert and professor of radiology at Cairo University. 

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