Her fetus has reached 28 weeks ... The discovery of the world's first pregnant mummy

Archaeologists discovered the first "pregnant" Egyptian mummy in the world after X-ray examinations of a 2,000-year-old corpse.

Scientists were surprised to find the remains of an "embryo" in the belly of the mummy when performing a CT scan.

According to a study conducted on radiology results, the woman was between 20 and 30 years old and she was 28 weeks pregnant when she died.

The "Sun" newspaper reported that the remains were surveyed according to the "Warsaw" mummies project, "which is part of a campaign to determine the sex, age and cause of death of mummies in museums, which also aims to investigate what is hidden under mummy bandages. This project was launched in 2015."

It was the first known case of a mummified pregnant body, the researchers wrote in their study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Archaeological Sciences, and they believe the woman was significant because her body was tightly wrapped in high-quality fabrics.

"This is the first such discovery. Previous research on mummies that were discovered in the early nineteenth century dated back to the first century BC," Dr. Wojciech Egzmond, the lead study officer from the Polish Academy of Sciences, told the newspaper. This means that this woman lived Near the time of the famous Queen Cleopatra, when Egypt and the city of Thebes prospered.

The discovery of the mummy and the fact that she was pregnant at her death is important in helping Egyptologists illuminate ancient medical procedures.

"For Egyptologists, this is a wonderful discovery because we know so little about birth and childhood in ancient Egypt," Egzmond said.