High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention ...

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(AP) Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered this week ...

X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two mummies dated to ...

X-ray scans have finally unravelled the mystery of how a famous ancient Egyptian “locked mummy” was placed inside a coffin with seemingly no entry point. Out of the over dozen Egyptian mummies housed ...

The patient’s age is 3,000 and as for their medical history, that is literally shrouded in mystery. This is an Egyptian mummy having a CT scan to unlock the secrets of its civilisation. Expert Dr ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Sometime in the 19th century, a fat woman died and her body changed almost entirely into soap. It may sound like an urban legend, but researchers are serious. On Thursday, they ...

Advanced CT scans reveal surprising details about ancient Egyptian mummies, Nes-Min and Nes-Hor. Researchers found evidence ...

USC radiologists unraveled some of ancient history’s mysteries recently when they conducted full-body CT scans of two Egyptian mummies whose bodies have been preserved for more than 2,200 years. Keck ...

Correction: This story has been updated to clarify the body was estimated to have been buried about 3,500 years ago. More than two millennia ago, an unnamed woman died under unknown circumstances.

The hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-size, three-dimensional model of the mummy's skull -- thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the ...