LA impactante verdad detrás de una momia egipcia con una expresión de gritos en su rostro ha sido revelada.
Los expertos que estudian la llamada “Momia que grita” han tratado durante mucho tiempo de resolver el misterio de los aterradores restos.
Cuando el cuerpo fue desenterrado por primera vez de su valle Deir El Bahri, cerca del histórico Valle de los Reyes, los arqueólogos se sorprendieron al ver el rostro momificado distorsionado en un grito silencioso.
Durante años, varias teorías han tratado de determinar la identidad del hombre y descubrir por qué pareció morir de una manera tan agonizante.
Una teoría popular es que él era el príncipe Pentewere, hijo del faraón Ramsés III y una de sus esposas, Tiye.
Prince Pentewere unsuccessfully plotted to kill his father and take his throne — and according to ancient records was made to take his own life after the plan failed and he was put on trial.
But this latest discovery blows that theory apart.
“Two forces were acting on this mummy: one to get rid of him and the other to try and preserve him,” said Bob Brier, an archaeologist at the University of Long Island in New York who examined the body.
Dr Zahi Hawass from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities says it’s likely that the mummy was a prince who brought shame on his family.
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It was buried alongside other royals but was covered in a sheepskin.
“In the mind of the ancient Egyptian, to cover with a sheepskin means he was not clean, he did something bad in his life,” Dr Zahi explained.
“We’d never seen a mummy like this, suffering,” he went on. “It’s not normal, and it tells us something happened, but we did not know exactly what.”
Bob added: “For some reason, there was an attempt to make sure that he didn’t have an afterlife, and in another attempt, somebody cared about him and tried to override that.”
The “Screaming Mummy” is on display this week at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for the first time.
Elham Salah from the Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement that this was the first time that the mummy had been put on display since it had been moved to the museum.
Until this week the remains had been kept in its coffin in a storage area of the museum.
Recently an Egyptian mummy was brought “back to life” in an incredible breakthrough.
And a 3,500-year-old mummy was discovered after its ancient tomb was opened for the first time.
Publicar el : 28/02/2023 | Por: Lady Gaga ||
