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Thursday, April 28, 2011

CT scans of Egyptian mummy help Vt. solve crimes - Yahoo! News

CT scans of Egyptian mummy help Vt. solve crimes - Yahoo! News: "BURLINGTON, Vt. – A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes: the unexplained deaths of young children.

After spotting the mummy at the University of Vermont's Robert Hull Fleming Museum in Burlington, Dr. Jason Johnson, a radiology resident, arranged to have it put through his hospital's state-of-the-art CT scanner. He wanted to know about the life of what is believed to be the remains of an Egyptian servant girl of about 14 — and what led to her death."

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