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Oops!Brain-Removal Tool Left in Mummy's Skull


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http://www.livescience.com/25536-mummy-brain-removal-tool.html

This is from article. My co -citizen actually.

"We cut it with a clamp through the endoscope and then removed it from the skull," said lead researcher Dr. Mislav Čavka, of the University Hospital Dubrava in Zagreb Croatia, in an interview with LiveScience.

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Ooooh, somebody's due for some medical compensation pay-out!

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some things don't change lol

well at least the guy was already dead... :unsure2: ...right??

Yes.

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I believe that they also removed all the organs as well prior to mummification.

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I believe that they also removed all the organs as well prior to mummification.

Egyptology isnt my field there is another members here with far greater knowledge then mine. But it was a long time ago when I was in Egypt and as I remembered we have one Student who study to become Egyptologist from Slovenia who told us that they used special vases for special organs. I dont know much about mummication process. Here are some of those vases from museum in Zagreb.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5814/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5813/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5812/zagreb-museum

Those with animal caps such as Horus vase.

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Just a guess ,but given the small boney holes they had to work with ,I'm betting instruments got stuck ,so they just left them there .

I would say its more likely than they forgot it .

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Just a guess ,but given the small boney holes they had to work with ,I'm betting instruments got stuck ,so they just left them there .

I would say its more likely than they forgot it .

Egyptology isnt my field there is another members here with far greater knowledge then mine. But it was a long time ago when I was in Egypt and as I remembered we have one Student who study to become Egyptologist from Slovenia who told us that they used special vases for special organs. I dont know much about mummication process. Here are some of those vases from museum in Zagreb.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5814/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5813/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/gallery/images/5812/zagreb-museum

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Those with animal caps such as Horus vase.

The canopic jars . They were for specific organs,and buried with the mummy .,inside the tomb .

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/story/page7.html

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.. uh, has anyone seen my brain scooper? :huh: .. oh well , let's finish up and go get a beer.

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Just a guess ,but given the small boney holes they had to work with ,I'm betting instruments got stuck ,so they just left them there .

I would say its more likely than they forgot it .

The canopic jars . They were for specific organs,and buried with the mummy .,inside the tomb .

http://www.ancienteg...tory/page7.html

There you go. Thanks Simbi.

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I could make a comment about ancient Egyptian lawyers and malpractice suits, but I digress.....

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Egyptology isnt my field there is another members here with far greater knowledge then mine. But it was a long time ago when I was in Egypt and as I remembered we have one Student who study to become Egyptologist from Slovenia who told us that they used special vases for special organs. I dont know much about mummication process. Here are some of those vases from museum in Zagreb.

http://www.unexplain...4/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplain...3/zagreb-museum

http://www.unexplain...2/zagreb-museum

Those with animal caps such as Horus vase.

The jars are called canopic jars. They were used to hold the mummified organs of the deceased. They were removed from the body due to the amount of water they retain. The body needs to be completely dried out for the preservation process to work.

I love to read about Egyptology and found this book very interesting !

Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art by Bob Brier

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