In September, staff members rolled 26 of the mummies on display at the museum on specially built carts to the parking lot to be put through a mobile CT scanner. The nondestructive technology ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber.
Learn more › Chicago’s Field Museum is home to over a dozen ancient Egyptian mummies but one in particular has perplexed researchers for years. Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial ...