World's first PREGNANT ancient Egyptian mummy: 2,000-year-old corpse found in Thebes was 28 weeks into her pregnancy when she died, scans reveal This mummy, dating back to the 1st century BC, is the first case of a pregnant embalmed body The woman was in her 20s and was between 26 and 30 weeks pregnant when she died, the team said She was found in the 1800s in the Royal Tombs of Thebes and is on display at the National Museum in Warsaw The discovery opens up questions related to status of the foetus in ancient Egyptian religion and society Particularly over why it was decided not to remove the foetus from the mother before embalming heree