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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tralfamadore
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Gebelein Man died 'violent death'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20353934
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A virtual post mortem has been undertaken on one of the British Museum's oldest mummies, Gebelein Man.
Using technology from Sweden, visitors to the museum will be able use an interactive touch screen to examine his body and internal organs.
The mummified man was buried in a crouching position around 3500 BC in Egypt and was discovered in 1896.
New evidence suggests he was stabbed in the back by a weapon, said curator of physical anthropology Daniel Antoine.
Dr Antoine said: "There's a wound on the surface of his skin, which people have been able to see for the last 100 years, but it's only through looking inside his body we've seen than his shoulder blade is damaged and the rib under the shoulder blade is also damaged.
"All of this suggests a violent death."
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