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ISLAMABAD The mummy of an ancient princess
discovered recently in Pakistan has been
attacked by microbes, a newspaper reported on
Monday.
"Microbes have attacked the
mummy. But the damage, if any, has not yet
been assessed," Islamabad's daily The
News quoted Dr. Asma Ebrahim, who was for the
treatment of 2,600 year old Egyptian-styled
Persian mummy, as saying.
She suggested that
the mummy be exposed to gamma rays to kill the
microbes. "The mummy should also be kept
in liquid nitrogen to protect it from further
attacks and be provided minus 14 degrees
Celsius temperature to preserve it for
centuries."
The mummy is currently being
kept in National Museum in Karachi. The report
said the museum officials were trying to hire
a mobile X-ray machine to take images of the
mummy before any treatment.
"(They want)
to take a number of X-rays for close
examination, research and analysis of its
skull, bones, skeleton, gold crown and plate
and other valuables, if any, hidden in the
mummy.
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