Researchers have discovered two mummies belonging to two girls believed to be the daughters of Egyptian King Tutankhamun.
According to the Express website, the discovery of two mummified mummies of two girls inside the tomb of the late King Tutankhamun, raised the astonishment of researchers, especially after DNA analysis proved that they were mummies of two girls, who are likely to be Tutankhamun’s daughters.
The researchers confirmed that both were stillborn, the first died at the age of four months, and the other almost at full term.
The Express website indicated that the remains of the two girls are preserved in the Grand Egyptian Museum in the hall dedicated to the young king Tutankhamun and his belongings.
The tomb of King Tutankhamun was fully discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, and was completely untouched by grave robbers.
For her part, Professor Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at the American University in Cairo, said: “There was a high mortality rate among infants and children in the ancient world, which is not surprising, but it is unusual that they were carefully mummified, wrapped, and placed in a cocoon, so it appears Taking care of these two mummies, which indicates that they are the daughters of the king.