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Last meal of crocodile mummified in ancient Egypt revealed in CT scans 3,000 years later

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CT scans reveal details of the final hours in the life of a crocodile that was mummified by the ancient Egyptian embalmers.

Using a CT scanner, we were able to determine how the animal died and how the body was treated after death.

To the Egyptians , animals served an important religious function, moving between the earthly and divine realms.

My research focuses on the non-invasive study of mummified animal remains from ancient Egypt .

I lead a project which reunites archaeological remains in museums around the world to enable the cross-examination of a large and varied dataset.

Identification of taxa through radiography alone can be problematic, particularly in the case of incomplete bodies or fragmented remains.

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