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This is the first known case of a “pregnant embalmed mummy” in the world, writes the specialized magazine “Journal of Archaeological Science”.
The fruit was seen during a study of the mummy, which has been on display in the National Museum in Warsaw since 1917.
Research of mummies at the Warsaw Museum
Marzena Ozarek-Szilkė, an anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of Warsaw, said that she and her husband initially saw on X-rays “an image familiar to the parents of three children,” a “small leg.”
Subsequent scans also revealed the rest of the fetus.
Research of mummies at the Warsaw Museum
Researchers believe that the 20 to 30-year-old woman was between 26 and 30 weeks pregnant.
“We do not know why the fetus of the deceased was not removed during mummification,” said Wojciech Ejsmond of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which was involved in the project.
Research of mummies at the Warsaw Museum
According to M. Ozarek-Szilkė, the embalmers may have tried to hide the pregnancy. Also “connections to faith and rebirth beyond” are possible.
To date, according to the investigators, no more cases of “embalmed pregnant remains” are known. This mummy entered Poland as early as the 19th century.
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