The experts say she may then have experienced a rare event known as a cadaveric spasm at the moment of death, causing her muscles to stiffen and immortalise her suffering.<\/p>\n
The condition causes the muscles to freeze in the exact position the person was in when they died.<\/p>\n
Although her cause of death remains a mystery, cadaveric spasms are usually associated with violent deaths under extreme physical conditions and intense emotions.<\/p>\n
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The Screaming Woman\u2019s alarming expression has baffled experts for 90 years.<\/p>\n
But new analysis, using CT scans to perform a \u201cvirtual dissection\u201d, has uncovered a number of new details, and challenges a previously held belief that her pained expression was the result of poor embalming.<\/p>\n
Cairo University radiology professor Sahar Saleem, who led the study, said: \u201cThe mummy\u2019s screaming facial expression in this study could be read as a cadaveric spasm, implying that the woman died screaming from agony or pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor Saleem described her as a \u201ctrue time capsule\u201d preserving the final moments of her life.<\/p>\n
Where was she discovered?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Screaming Woman was found during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari, near the Egyptian city of Luxor, underneath the tomb of a well-known architect known as Senmut.<\/p>\n
She was discovered inside a wooden coffin with her legs extended and arms folded above her groin.<\/p>\n
She was wearing a black wig made from date palm fibres treated with quartz, magnetite and albite crystals, and had two gold and silver scarab rings on the third finger of her left hand.<\/p>\n
The analysis showed her natural hair was dyed with henna and juniper.<\/p>\n
Scans showed she had lost or broken a number of her teeth and suffered from mild arthritis of the spine.<\/p>\n
The examination suggested she would have been around 5ft tall and died at the age of 48.<\/p>\n
How was she embalmed?<\/strong><\/p>\nUnlike classic mummification methods \u2013 where organs, aside from the heart, are usually removed from the body \u2013 her organs were still present, previously suggesting poor mummification.<\/p>\n
However, an examination of her skin found she had been embalmed with juniper and frankincense \u2013 expensive items that had to be imported into Egypt from neighbouring countries, researchers said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere we show that she was embalmed with costly, imported embalming material,\u201d Professor Saleem said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis, and the mummy\u2019s well-preserved appearance, contradicts the traditional belief that a failure to remove her inner organs implied poor mummification.\u201d<\/p>\n
The analysis was published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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