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Art inspired by 2000 year-old child mummy
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In July 2006, Angela put the mummy through a CT scanner at the MRI unit of the John Radcliffe Hospital to find out what was under the bandages.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080520b.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ox.ac.uk/img/61C18860-5FA7-456C-8B6E-B069561B0488" alt="Infant mummy in scanner, Ashmolean Museum, Angela Palmer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080520b.html"><DIV>The 2,000 year old mummy from the Ashmolean Museum was carefullly put through a CT scanner</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080520b.html"><P align="left" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Little was known about the 3ft mummy before the scans. 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