Photos: Tech unlocks secrets of ancient Mummy

State of the art MRT scanner peers into history

By Nick Heath, 28 February 2008 12:50

The mummy is loaded into the MRT scanner, which creates a strong magnetic field that causes hydrogen atoms within the corpse to generate radio waves. The scanner uses these waves to build a map of the atoms and generate an image of the tissue.

Photo credit: Siemens

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  1. 1. anonymous

    That mummy looks frightened.

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