'Hawk Mumm' (IMAGE)

University of Western Ontario

'Hawk Mumm'

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Micro-CT scans determined a 'hawk mummy' at Maidstone Museum UK is in fact a stillborn male human with severe congenital abnormalities that include a malformed skull and vertebrae. An international team's unprecedented analysis was led by bioarchaeologist and mummy expert Andrew Nelson of Western University, Canada.

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Maidstone Museum UK/Nikon Metrology UK

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