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In a new paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the bio-archaeologist explained that to dry the pregnant woman’s dead body the embalmers covered her with natron, a natural compound of sodium salts that was used extensively in prehistory across Egypt, Middle East and Greece. Professor Ożarek-Szilke is co-director of the Warsaw Mummy Project. ( Warsaw Mummy Project ) Mummified Fetus Survived Thanks to After-Death Natron Powder The team conducted various scans of the pregnant mummy and its mummified fetus. Ejsmond said “more research is needed.” Now, the same team is back in the headlines having done the aforementioned research on the mummified fetus and they say the mysteries of the pregnant mummy only exist because of an unusual chemical process that led to the fetus being “pickled” and trapped in time. Wojciech Ejsmond, lead author from the Polish Academy of Sciences, told The Sun that while mummies of babies were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, this was the first time a pregnant woman has been preserved with soft tissue. ( Warsaw Mummy Project / Journal of Archaeological Science) The Mummified Fetus: A World First for Ancient Egyptian Soft Tissueīack in April 2021 we covered the publication of the scientist’s first study of the pregnant mummy. On the left, the sarcophagus which contained the mummy. X-ray scans of the ancient Egyptian pregnant mummy and its mummified fetus. However, in 2016, the Warsaw Project announced that the mummy was in fact that of an embalmed pregnant woman who was in the 26th to 30th week of her pregnancy when she died and was mummified! The 2,000-year-old mummy, currently on display at the National Museum in Warsaw, was at first believed to be the remains of Hor-Djehuti, a High Priest of Amun from the time of Ahmose I who lived at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty (1539 to 1292 BC).

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Their website says they aim to “thoroughly examine human and animal mummies from ancient Egypt at the National Museum in Warsaw.” In April 2021, the BBC announced that a team of Warsaw Project researchers published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science revealing the first documented case of a pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy and its mummified fetus. The Warsaw Mummy Project was launched in 2015 by a team of bio-archaeologists from the University of Warsaw. Now, scientists have described the unusual processes that led to its preservation. A mummified fetus identified within the leathery womb of an ancient Egyptian pregnant mummy was preserved for more than 2,000 years.