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A terrible mystery of pre-Columbian mummies has been uncovered — these people were brutally murdered!
Scientists have examined three mummified bodies from around 1,000 years ago. Through 3D CT analysis, they discovered that two people had been brutally murdered.
The lives and deaths of people from ancient cultures are studied on the basis of archaeological excavations and mummies. Even the smallest detail can shed new light on our knowledge of civilizations hundreds of years ago. Human remains, especially mummified ones, can be like an open book.
It is from the analysis of skeletons and DNA that scientists are able to discover what the dead want to shout after death. Through the study of three mummies from South America, scientists have uncovered their dark secret.
The mummies were examined using 3D tomography
A group of scientists consisting of scholars from Spain, Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy decided to examine the remains of three people using 3D CT scans. They were mummies that came from pre-Columbian tribes. Two belonged to men and one to a woman.
Scientists stress that the mummification of these individuals occurred naturally, without preservation treatments. This was due to South American atmospheric conditions, which…
