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3D Photos Reveal Brainless, 2,500-Year-Old Mummy
Fox News ^ | August 17, 2011 | Jennifer Welsh

Posted on 08/19/2011 3:21:08 AM PDT by jmcenanly

This mummy seems to be missing a brain and other vital organs, new images reveal, and the finding suggests the man held a high status when alive 2,500 years ago in ancient Egypt

The images indicate that embalmers removed the man's brain and major organs and replaced them with rolls of linen, a superior embalming method used only for those of high status, researchers at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History said in a statement.

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1 posted on 08/19/2011 3:21:16 AM PDT by jmcenanly
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To: jmcenanly

Obama’s ancestor?


2 posted on 08/19/2011 3:23:31 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: jmcenanly; null and void

3 posted on 08/19/2011 3:24:54 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: jmcenanly

No Brain Hussein?


4 posted on 08/19/2011 3:25:30 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Ezekiel

Of course, the Egyptians did it posthumously.


5 posted on 08/19/2011 3:25:46 AM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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Wonder if the doctors left any linen in Biden’s head?


6 posted on 08/19/2011 3:30:00 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: jmcenanly
If the guy was anything like Obama I can see why they had to look for a brain?
7 posted on 08/19/2011 3:36:46 AM PDT by Dem Guard (Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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To: jmcenanly

So the next time liberals say that Jesus was a communist, we can say that egyptian mummies were liberals, and we got proof to back it up.


8 posted on 08/19/2011 4:04:58 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: jmcenanly

Ed Asner


9 posted on 08/19/2011 12:30:57 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: jmcenanly

Biden offers to help the mummy out.

10 posted on 08/19/2011 2:08:18 PM PDT by GraceG
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