Egyptian burial

A treasure trove of information on ancient Egyptian burial practices — and actual treasure — had been languishing in the basement of Cairo's Egyptian Museum until recently. The mummy of a teenage boy was discovered in 1916 at the Nag el-Hassay cemetery in Southern Egypt but was never examined. However, a new study explains that after the mummy's rediscovery, a team of researchers used computerized tomography (CT) scans to inspect the body without damaging, or even unwrapping, it. Their incredible discovery was that he was buried with 49 amulets made of gold and other precious materials, as well as a gold mask. He's now being called the "golden boy"

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