Amunet and her sarcophagus © Ohio History Society
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They nicknamed her Amunet or, “The Hidden One” because little was known about the woman whose mummified remains have been in the Ohio Historical Society’s collection since 1925. A CT scan performed fleshed out some details of Amunet’s life story that have remained hidden inside the wrappings her body was mummified in.
Researchers now believe that Amunet was a woman of means who did not undertake manual labour on a regular basis, as her joints were undamaged. She was likely 35-45 when she died, which was a normal for the time. These are just the initial findings, and archaeologists and Egyptologists continue to analyze the results of the CT scan for further insights of this mummy that has been on display in Columbus since the Ohio History Society acquired it 88 years ago.
The scan was performed at Ohio State University’s Wexler Medical Center on their new Flash CT scanner. As professor of radiology Dr. Joseph Yu pointed out, “This collaboration brings out a little bit of ‘Indiana Jones’ in all of us.”
Find out more about this at OhioHistory.org