An Essex hospital has been given an Egyptian mummy a full body scan, which could possibly reveal how she died.

Lady Ta-Hathor, estimated to be 2,500 years old, has been kept in Colchester Castle Museum collection since 1871.

The mummy is being moved to Ipswich Museum later, to become a permanent exhibit in the new Egyptian Gallery
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She was given the scan at The Oaks Hospital in Colchester to find out more about her life and whether she has any internal organs. 

Although Lady Ta-Hathor has been X-rayed before, it is hoped the scan will also show the level of mummification her body received.
 
It is believed she died in her mid-20s from natural causes.

 
Ancient technology

She was donated to the then Colchester Museum in 1871, by George H. Errington from Colchester.
 
Mr Errington had chartered a boat to sail up the Nile in 1856 and while at a cemetery in Luxor, Egypt, bought the mummy for seven sovereigns.
 
Previous X-rays have shown she had a full set of teeth but they came loose on her journey to Britain.
 
Vanessa Bobby-Rose, Radiology Manager , said: "CT scanning is a non-invasive technique which will enable us to look inside Lady Ta-Hathor without the need to unwrap her. It gives us an opportunity to use modern technology to examine an object preserved by ancient technology."

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