Technology: Little is known about Tjeby, who was buried in a rock-cut tomb at a site known as Sheikh Farag in upper Egypt and excavated in 1923. The 3D image from Friday provided details without damaging the mummy
Fragile: Museum employees carefully drove the mummy to suburban Richmond for the scan, one employee rode in the back with Tjeby as the van drove slowly, trying to avoid sudden bumps or movements
Hold still: CT technicians prepare a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy, Tjeby, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, for a CT scan at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va.
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