A 2,500-year-old mummified remains of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy was discovered in Chicago on Friday. The boy was named Minirdis from about 500 BC.
The coffin lid was very delicate so a specially created clamp was employed in order to raise it. The conservator of Chicago's Field Museum and other three scientists lifted the apparatus carefully and put it to a safe spot in a humidity-controlled laboratory.
J.P. Brown, the conservator, was most thrilled in the new discovery. However, he mentioned, he was so nervous upon setting the lid down.
The burial mask and blackened toes of the remains were revealed and according to the scientists, Minirdis was a son of priest. They will work to stabilize the mummy so it can be put up in the Museum's upcoming exhibit.
The said exhibit entitled "Mummies: Images of the Afterlife" will premier in September 2016 at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The mummy will then be transported for another exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in fall 2016.
The lab they are working at is filled with plastic-covered examination table as there is always a risk of damage, Brown said. It is behind a large window which allows children to watch him as he work. He said that they are taking one step at a time since the findings are fragile.
The mummy was said that it had been exposed to some elements beforehand because some of the parts of the coffin are missing. Brown, despite of this, was not worried about it scattering to dust when the lid came off.
The scientists have no idea why Minirdis died so young. Brown added: "The fascination thing about any mummy is that it's survived as long as it has. They're amazingly fragile."
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