'Screaming Woman' Mummy May Have Died in Agony 3,500 Years Ago
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/screaming-woman-mummy.png?itok=zURrQrBh"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/screaming-woman-mummy.png?itok=zURrQrBh" width="610" height="328" alt="Left; The Screaming Woman mummy, Right; CT scan of the Screaming Woman mummy, wearing her wig." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>In 1935, an archaeological expedition led by the Metropolitan Museum of New York unearthed a fascinating and eerie find in the tombs of Deir Elbahari near Luxor, Egypt. Beneath the tomb of Senmut, a prominent architect and possible lover of Queen
Hatshepsut, archaeologists discovered a separate burial chamber containing the mummified remains of an elderly woman. Her mouth was agape, frozen in what appeared to be a scream, earning her the nickname the "Screaming Woman."</p>
<p>For decades, this mummy has captivated researchers, and recent studies using advanced scientific techniques have provided new insights into her life, death, and the mysterious expression she carried to the grave. The findings have just been <a href="
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1406225/full" rel="nofollow">published in the science journal Frontiers in Medicine[/url].</p>
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<p align="center"><img alt="Prof Sahar Saleem with the Screaming Woman mummy. " class="media-image" height="493" style="width: 610px; height: 493px;" width="610" typeof="foaf:Image" src="
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Prof Sahar Saleem with the Screaming Woman mummy. (Sahar Saleem/<a href="
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Frontiers in Medicine[/url]
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