Oft-repeated claims about ancient Egypt, such as the power of Cleopatra's beauty and the use of booby-traps in pyramids, aren't based in fact, an expert told Insider
Forensic experts in Poland have used the mummy's skull and other remains to produce two images showing what she may have looked like when alive in the first century BC.
Some researchers at the Warsaw Mummy Project claim that what appeared to be a foetus in X-ray scans and CT images was actually the result of 'a computer illusion and misinterpretation'.
X-ray analysis and CT images of the embalmed woman show signs of nasopharyngeal cancer, which researchers hope will now provide new clues to the evolution of this disease.
Archeologists have discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy possibly died from cancer, as damages to her skull and nose were found during their research.
A deposit of hundreds of embalming tools uncovered in Abusir, Egypt – probably the largest ever found – offers clues into a lavish funeral that likely took place about 2,600 years ago.