When a teen boy died 2,300 years ago in Egypt, he was mummified and adorned with 49 protective amulets and a golden mask to guide him in the afterlife. Researchers discovered them when they used computerized tomography scans to unwrap the remains.
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Although the scans did not illuminate his cause of death, they did reveal the boy was 4.2 feet tall and had an oval-shaped face with a small nose and narrow chin. A two-finger amulet, shaped like the index and middle fingers of the right hand, was found in his lower torso to protect his embalming incision. And the golden scarab beetle was thought to help in the arduous underworld."The heart scarab is mentioned in chapter 30 of the Book of the Dead: it was important in the afterlife during judging the deceased and weighing of the heart against the feather of the goddess Maat," Saleem said.
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