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A modern glimpse at antiquity

Updated on 24 March 2009

By Tom Clarke

Egyptian child mummies from the British Museum's collection are put through a high-tech hospital scanner to discover what lies beneath the intricate layers.

Experts hope the cutting edge medical technology can tell them more about the realities of life in ancient Egypt by working out how the three children died.

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