New DH calendar
Article posted: 2/2/2013 9:35 PM

Museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan

Buy this photo Buy this photo
next prev 1 of 2
   
Gallery Image

A three-dimensional image of a CT scan from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy called Tjeby, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is shown Friday at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va.

Associated Press

CT technician Marion Price operates equipment Friday during a CT scan of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Tjeby.

Associated Press

About this Article

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered this week with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby, its 4,000-year-old mummy, in hopes of piecing together more information about the mummy itself and better understanding the early history of the mummification process.