Scientists Use New X-Ray Technique To Peek Inside 1,900-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
Researchers used powerful X-ray beams to study the remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without unwrapping the mummy.
By Nereida Moreno

Scientists Use New X-Ray Technique To Peek Inside 1,900-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
Researchers used powerful X-ray beams to study the remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without unwrapping the mummy.
By Nereida Moreno
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Researchers from Northwestern and the Argonne National Laboratory used a new X-ray technique to study the remains of a 1,900-year-old Egyptian girl — all without unraveling or damaging the mummy.
Reset brings on two scientists involved in the project for more on their findings.
GUESTS: Stuart Stock, cell and molecular biology research professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Jonathan Almer, physicist and group leader at the Argonne National Laboratory