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Egyptian mummy was a man, not woman

The mummy may actually have been a daddy.

North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., examined four ancient Egyptian mummies belonging to the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. It turns out one of the four thought for centuries to be a woman is actually a man.

A CT scan revealed that one of the mummies, named “Lady Hor,” was a male.
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