Vascular imprints found inside Egyptian mummy’s skull

The imprints of blood vessels have been found inside the skull of a Egyptian mummy found in the Kom al-Ahmar/Sharuna necropolis.

An ancient Egyptian mummy is sparking new questions among archaeologists, because it has one very rare feature: The blood vessels surrounding the mummy’s brain left imprints on the inside of the skull.

The researchers are trying to find what process could have led to the preservation of these extremely fragile structures.

The mummified body is that of a man who probably lived more than 2,000 years ago, sometime between the Late Period and the Ptolemaic Period (550 – 150 B.C.) of Egyptian history, the researchers said.

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Story: Bahar Gholipour, Live Science | Photo: Elsevier Ltd.