May
14
/ 2014
An infant-sized ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with an unknown history has sat on display at an Egypt centre in Wales for some time, with most believing it a forgery, due to inconclusive x-rays carried out over a decade ago, along with unusual inscriptions painted on the case. However, scientists were surprised when new CT scans detected a tiny foetus inside. The 20-inch (52cm) mummy is part of the Wellcome collection at Swansea University’s Egypt Centre and is thought to date back to the 26th Dynasty - around 600BC, however, nothing is known about where Wellcome obtained it. X-rays carried out in 1998 did not reveal anything inside and the inscriptions painted on the sarcophagus are meaningless, leading some to believe that
