fetus

The full tragic story revealed by mummified remains of a female teenage mummy of just 14-17 years old, who died during childbirth, has been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt. What makes the find both horrifying and extraordinary at the same time, is one fetus and placenta found in the pelvic area, and another in the chest pointing to unresolved complications during childbirth nearly 1,500 years ago. The teenage mother was unearthed in 1908 at the El Bagawat cemetery in Egypt's Kharga Oasis, with the head of the first baby stuck in the birth canal, causing the death of both children and the mother. The researchers noted that she had been extensively layered with "a great quantity of salt," an ancient