Incredible facts
A German boy discovered an ancient Egyptian mummy in his grandmother's attic.
The mummy was inside the sarcophagus with a cast, a canopy a burial vessel for storing organs extracted from the dead, and other artifacts.
Alexander, a 10-year-old boy, made a mysterious discovery while exploring his grandmother's apartment in Diepholz, in northern Germany.
Alexander Lutz's father, Wolfgang Kettler, who works as a dentist, said he did not X-ray the mysterious find. Instead, he decided to take her to Berlin for an examination.
Experts are now investigating whether the mummy is an original or a copy.
Mr. Kettler recalled that his father traveled to northern Africa in the 1950s and sent the chest to Germany. At that time, real mummies were still being traded. In addition, “mummy unwrapping parties” were very popular among the upper classes of society.
The mummy has been untouched in the attic for at least 40 years.
Egyptian mummy (photo)
Egyptian mummies: interesting facts in numbers
– It took 70 days to make an Egyptian mummy
– 63 tombs have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt
– 7 shrouds were used to cover each mummy
– 6 chariots buried with Tutankhamun
– 4 organs were removed during the mummification process, including the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines.
– 3 people participated in the mummification process (embalmer, carver and scribe)
– 1 mummies issued their own passport. It was the mummy of Ramesses II that was sent to France for restoration.
– 0 — number of carious cavities in Tutankhamun's teeth