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Researchers argue over fetus found inside Egyptian mummy

After a Polish archaeological team claimed to find a “pickled” fetus inside an ancient Egyptian woman, other scientists have questioned their conclusions.

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A three-dimensional image of a CT scan of an Egyptian mummy is projected above a sarcophagus as the hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a joint British-Australian exhibition in Sydney on Dec. 8, 2016. — WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images

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