
Tutankhamun | 4. The mystery of Nefertiti
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The Age of the Mummy
There's no consensus that the younger lady, mummy definitely is nefetete. The highest age at death estimate created by x ray and catscan studies put the younger lady at 35 when she died. But many egyptologists, including joyce, think it's probably too young. And yet again, there's another twist in the tail. There's an ongoing problem with the aging of royal mummies. When the rarest royal mummies have been aged particulaly tey, were ex rayed in the er, late late 19 sixt early seventies,. They all came out remarkably young. Then some years later, tis how interesting how archaeological evidence sol hove can bounce
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