Ancient Secrets Unveiled: The 5,600-Year-Old Mummy’s Embalming Recipe Could Rewrite Egypt’s History
So, picture this: an ancient mummy nicknamed “Fred” just pulled the rug out from under what we thought we knew about Egyptian embalming—turns out those crafty Egyptians were dabbling in the art of preservation a whopping 1,500 years earlier than science gave them credit for. Yeah, Fred, chilling in the Museo Egizio since 1901, isn’t just your average dusty relic; he’s a time-traveling embalming pioneer with a recipe eerily like the ones fit for King Tut himself. Now, I gotta ask—if ancient folks had embalming down pat way before the pharaoh bling era, what other secrets are buried deep, waiting to rewrite history? Dive into Fred’s story, and you might just rethink everything you thought you knew about mummies… and their makers. LEARN MORE.
Known as “Fred,” this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists believed.
Museo EgizioFred, the Turin mummy.
One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming.
A study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows strong evidence that embalming practices in Ancient Egypt were used more than 1,500 years earlier than previously believed.
A team of researchers made their conclusions after examining “Fred,” an exceptionally well-preserved mummy discovered more than 100 years ago and housed in Turin’s Egyptian Museum since 1901, according to National Geographic. After being brought to the museum originally, the mummy had not undergone any additional preservation methods, which meant that he would be the perfect subject for investigation in terms of how he was preserved the first time around.
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