A staggering image of an ancient Egyptian mummy has been gaining traction online. It shows a woman who appears to have died in extreme anguish, now frozen forever with an expression of pain and desperation fixed on her face, one that has puzzled scientists for years.
How can a mummy, a cadaver subjected to a complex and careful embalming procedure, somehow come alive and twist itself into such a horrific grimace?
Experts believe to have finally arrived at an answer after subjecting the mummy to a “virtual dissection.” Using CT scans to analyze the ingredients utilized in the ancient ritual, they were able to discredit past theories and consider an even scarier thesis:
