The study revealed the exact cause of death of a python in ancient Egypt 3,600 years ago
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Last Update: 2021-02-24
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CAIRO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua Wu Dani Marwa Yahya) Egyptian archaeologists and medical experts published a study on the 17th showed that about 3,600 years ago, the ancient Egyptian 17th Dynasty python Segenenla should have been killed in the battle with the Hexos, whose head wounds were cleverly hidden by mummy makers.
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass and Cairo University School of Medicine professor Sahar Salim published in the journal Frontiers of Medicine on the 17th, the results of the study showed that by CT scanning the mummies and reconstructing two-dimensional, three-dimensional images, the two scholars found that Segne pulled hands deformed, head scars hidden by the mummy makers under an anti-corrosion material, these scars and the Egyptian National Museum of the existing Hexos used axes, daggers and so on.
study suggests that Segnella may have been captured on the battlefield, his hands tied behind his back, and shot multiple times in the head by the Hicksos from different angles. Studies have shown that Segnella should be in her 40s at the time of her death.
Segnera lived in the 16th century BC. His mummy was discovered in 1881 and was poorly preserved at the time of its discovery. In the 1960s, researchers X-rayed him and found that he had suffered severe head injuries. There are different hypothiedis about his death, including being killed in battle with the Hicksos and being assassinated while resting in his bedroom.
said CT scans could make it safer and more accurate to study mummies and determine the age and cause of death more accurately.
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