PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sometime in the 19th century, a fat woman died and her body changed almost entirely into soap. It may sound like an urban legend, but researchers are serious. On Thursday ...

Field Museum scientists use CT scans for fascinating discoveries about mummies 00:51. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling ...

Now, the mystery of Lady Chenet-aa’s burial procedure appears to be solved with the use of a CT scanner. Lady Chenet-aa lived roughly 3,000 years ago amid the 22nd Dynasty during Egypt’s Third ...

Scans also revealed that Lady Chenet-aa was in her 30s or early 40s at the time of her death 3,000 years old. She seems to have lost several teeth due to the food she ate containing grains of sand ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery. CNN values your feedback 1.

Lady Chenet-aa lived about 3,000 years ago during the 22nd Dynasty in Egypt. ... While a CT scan can’t detect colors, it revealed the artistic designs etched into the top of the cartonnage, ...