CT scans show first X-rayed mummy in new light
Images reveal how far radiography has come in 120 years
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MUMMY MYSTERY Little was known about this mummified Egyptian child (top) when German physicist Walter Koenig used X-rays to look beneath its wrappings in 1896. Modern CT scans provided a more informative peek, revealing, among other findings, a completely preserved skeleton (bottom).
S. Zesch et al/Euro. J. Radiol. Open 2016