One Egyptian mystery was "unwrapped" by computers this week.

Egyptologists digitally unwrapped a 3,500-year-old pharaoh for the first time, giving historians insight into a new period of Egyptian history.


"[The researchers] used advanced X-ray technology, CT [computed tomography] scanning, as well as advanced computer software programs to digitally unwrap the mummy of Amenhotep I in a safe non-invasive method without the need to touch the mummy," said Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry in a statement on Tuesday.

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Archaeologists found the mummy of Amenhotep I 140 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, a series of temples and tombs situated on the banks of the Nile River. However, archaeologists have been hesitant to open the mummy due to the unique facemask and wrappings that encompass Amenhotep's body. So researchers, led by Dr. Sahar Saleem, professor of radiology at Cairo University, decided to adapt modern technology and use it to learn what they could about Amenhotep.

The pharaoh, who ruled between 1525 to 1504 BC, was "169cm (5ft 6in) tall, circumcised, and had good teeth. Within his wrappings, he wore 30 amulets and a unique golden girdle with gold beads," Saleem told PA Media. Amenhotep also resembled his father, Ahmose I. However, the digital unwrapping did not unveil any details regarding the cause of Amenhotep's death.

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Other notable details of Amenhotep's mummification include that he is the earliest pharaoh to date to have his forearms crossed across his chest and the last to keep his brain in his head, as has typically been done with mummies.

Researchers claim that Amenhotep's mummy has been unwrapped at least once when priests of the 21st Dynasty (1100s BC) "lovingly repaired" Amenhotep's form. There is also evidence of multiple post-mortem injuries, which researchers presume were caused by grave robbers.