The Egyptian mummy found a cancerous tumor

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У египетской мумии обнаружили раковую опухольThe ancient Egyptians did not know about this deadly disease.

Researchers conducted a scan of the mummy, nicknamed the hen (Hen), using computer tomography to determine the cause of death of Egyptian. It was found that the fibula was swelling, all signs point to malignant.

According to the researchers, the ancient Egyptians did not know about this deadly disease and did not know how to treat it. At the same time, it is possible that the Egyptian could die during surgery. It is known that rough and dangerous surgical intervention was performed in Ancient Egypt and often led to death.

This is not the first attempt by scientists to find out the cause of death of ancient Egyptian. In 2006, Hyun is also scanned, but without success. Since then, equipment has been modernized, in particular, the number of detectors of the scanner was increased from 16 to 320.

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