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The Mystery Of The Misfit Mummy | Mummy Forensics | Absolute History
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A body inside a coffin which it is too large for, missing genitals, and an obvious overbite are the clues which set the Mummy Investigation Team on the trail in this mystery. They know who the coffin was made for - a female Egyptian temple dancer - what they need to know is who rests there now and why this mummy is in such strange condition. Extraordinarily, what they discover is a tragic tale played out at the highest echelons of Egyptian society, set at the court of one of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs. Uploaded 14-11-19 <...
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the crime was committed, i.e. motive. I think the chemistry is telling us that this
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The best thing I can do is give this person some sort of context and it'll tell us why the crime was committed, i.e. motive. I think the chemistry is telling us that this person is playing a very careful political and religious game. Do you think there's all this political upheaval going on in ancient Egypt and it's encapsulated
in a tiny sample the size of a pinhead. Just because they're 3,000 years old doesn't mean that we can't apply modern forensics and come up with good answers.
I'm far from convinced that's going to be an easy job. It feels like it's doing more damage, if you see what I mean. This is a really exciting find and a brilliant result
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