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VA museum uses CT scan to look at mummy

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    Museum curator Dr. Peter Schertz explains

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Well -- 4000 year old Egyptian mummy is being brought back to life using modern technology.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is using CT scans to create 3-D images.

Of the mummy which they're calling Cheney doctor Peter shirt is.

-- at the museum welcomed sir great to have you here today.

Let's talk for a -- about this cutting edge technology.

What have you learned from being able -- take a scam.

This money which is thousands of years old.

The most interest continue.

We discovered that -- -- from -- enough.

But and gotten the -- be what -- never known.

-- -- -- cut cut was made in 1986.

They're gonna flew from what Phil core -- at that time for recruitment and feed the math and now we know -- Obama being left but you were very excited for the.

What is it about this technology.

That's taking.

Scientists in to a whole other realm of the 21 century.

But previous investigations of -- you would approach that actually destroy the -- to find information you little profit underground -- See what with -- fund.

Fifth technology allows them to preserve the mommy and -- got a very good image of what's going on it and -- mommy.

But that will be able to make it -- -- -- out of the cold and commendable.

And put them together.

A couple of -- effect which reconstruct the pay for the moment.

-- this mummy was first found in the 1920s.

-- for with excavated by the Museum of Fine Arts took off from Harvard University.

And what we know about the history of this money.

-- lipped about -- -- -- -- about 4000 years ago.

And of the first intermediate period.

When he was excavated in 1923.

He was sent to both them.

The 1953.

Both of them agreed to Phillip for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

-- People in Virginia would actually be able to feel -- and he took from artifact.

Without traveling -- ball to him or -- you -- or wherever.

What secrets had you been able to discover that perhaps we would never have known.

Had we not use this type of technology you talked about the mask but I know there are other discoveries -- -- made.

But the -- -- the most exciting -- of course.

All food for for the very early -- and very few of them have been kind.

We felt we were able to learn.

Berlin for effectively -- from the Baltic.

So you immature if you're able actually -- both arms and the legs and place.

And the tough however.

You know all of the bones are sort of mixed up in a jumble.

Like the Pope but that split up from the public area into the first -- The Bible flipped down into the back of the -- -- teeth in different parts of it.

So one of the things will be able to do is to.

Reconstruct what the -- and -- look like.

I've got a better from for the five days the band aid -- the time of death.

There's no deterioration of the bone so we think he was probably.

-- thrift cutter curve with mummified.

But he has pretty -- like -- -- Well it's certainly fascinating and I know this is technology that's going to be continued to be used in -- is very very special way and I know more -- -- is going to be happening at.

At the museum we thank you so much for joining us with a little bit of insight as to what's going on and the new discoveries -- you made.

Right now appreciate it.

But thank you very much -- -- Covenant of -- UP of the problem I have been because mommy for a few OK will -- thank you so much.

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