A team of researchers recently applied a new, non-invasive imaging technique to six sealed coffins from around 2,500 years ago in Egypt.
For the first archaeologists, the only way to peer inside an ancient coffin or container was to take the artifact apart. In fact, it was only through thethat these individuals learned about the lives, religions and rituals of antiquity, including those of Egypt.
Revealing the remains of mummified lizards, the team says that the paper provides a clearer picture of the process of ancient animal preservation while also signaling the suitability of the new technique for future investigations of ancient artifacts.was widely practiced in Ancient Egypt as a way to gain the favor of the gods, many of whom were associated with animals such as cats, crocodiles and serpents.
But while computed tomography has been very successful in revealing animal mummies placed inside statues and statuettes, it hasn’t been very successful in revealing animal mummies placed inside metal coffins. That's because the presence of metal can sometimes create streaks or shadows, also known as “artifacts,” in CT scans, concealing the true appearance of the contents of the containers.
The trimmings of the coffins also support the theory that several of the containers featured the corpses of ancient lizards. All six of the coffins, which were cast from compounds of copper, were adorned with three-dimensional depictions of lizards, snakes and eels, some of which featured human heads.
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