Not even a month after 4 brave mummies left the Brooklyn Museum to have themselves scanned, and 'Lady Hor' proved to be a male mummy - "scrotum and penis pretty well preserved", another round of mummy CSI uncovered yet another case of 'transgender' behaviour amongst mummies. The Birmingham Museum took three mummies to the Stafford Hospital in a bid to understand how these ancient Egyptians, whose bodied were later mummified, died.
This is the mummy of a man named Padimut. The mummy is contained in its original inner coffin.The elaborately-bandaged Greco-Roman mummy is decorated with gilt terracotta studs.
The Birmingham mummy is the source of several mysteries. X-rays have revealed an unidentified metal object lodged in the back of the mummy’s neck, which some archaeologists believe may be an arrow head – meaning he could have been murdered.
The mummy is believed to contain the remains of a male in his mid-30s, but his identity is another unsolved mystery.
