Western News – Mosaic X-rays reveal Peruvian mummy mysteries
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Mosaic X-rays reveal Peruvian mummy mysteries

Western researchers, including two undergraduate students, have become pivotal players in developing a mobile X-ray protocol that could transform how mummies are examined in the field.

By Debora Van Brenk

February 4, 2020

Researchers do a preliminary examination of a mummy bundle, one of hundreds discovered in Pachacamec, Peru, during a 2015 excavation to build a new museum. Pictured are, from left, Western student Lauren Poeta, Anthropology professor Andrew Nelson, Arizona researcher Suellen Gauld and