Scientists reveal new details about the life and death of the ‘screaming’ Egyptian mummy

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With her mouth wide open, forever locked in what seemed like a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in a tomb near Luxor in 1935.

Still fascinated by the "screaming woman" who died some 3,500 years ago, another team of scientists recently used CT scans to reveal details about the mummy's morphology, health and preservation, and used infrared imaging and other advanced techniques to "virtually dissect" the remains and understand what ...