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Egyptian archaeologist performs CT scan on child mummy in Luxor

For the first time in Egypt’s Luxor, prominent archaeologist Zahi Hawass performed a CT scan on the mummy of a young child with the hope of discovering the identity.

A picture taken on Sept. 29, 2015, shows a wall relief inside the Amenhotep II tomb at the Valley of the Kings.
A picture taken on Sept. 29, 2015, shows a wall relief inside the Amenhotep II tomb at the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor and south of Cairo, Egypt. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

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