There is also an amulet in the form of two fingers below the torso to protect the mummification opening. Through the x-ray measurements, it was found that 30 of the amulets discovered inside the mummy were made of gold, while the rest of the were made of stones or faience, in addition to an amulet in the form of a tongue, made of gold, placed inside the mouth of the mummy, so that he could speak in the other world.

The x-rays also showed 21 amulets in different shapes, including the eye of Horus, the scarab, the amulet of akhet, the placenta, and the knot of Isis, along with feathers and others.

The CT scans showed that there were about 49 amulets arranged in an ornate manner in three columns between the folds of the linen rolls and inside the mummy's cavity. Selim indicated that the x-rays showed what was inside the wraps, where the mummy wore a golden mask, a cartonnage chest plate, and textile sandals. The entrails were also removed through a small incision in the lower abdomen, while the embalmers were keen to keep the heart, which was seen in x-rays, inside the chest cavity. Selim explained that the mummy of a boy, who probably died at the age of 15 was embalmed with great perfection, where the brain was removed through the nostril, while fillings and resin were placed inside the cranial cavity. Sahar Selim, Professor of Radiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, in cooperation with Sabah Abdel Razek, Director General of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and Mahmoud El-Halwagy, former director of the Museum. It was examined for the first time by Dr. In 2015, it was examined for the first time using a CT scan device in the museum and other advanced x-rays, modern computer programs, as well as 3D printing. This mummy was found wrapped entirely in linen in 1916, inside a tomb from the Ptolemaic era (about 300 BC) in Edfu, Aswan Governorate, where it was moved and preserved, at that time, in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir without examination for more than a century. The results of the scientific studies, which were published in Frontiers in Medicine on Tuesday, revealed the identity of the mummy, its state of preservation, and the secrets it hides. Secret of the golden boy mummy, stored in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir for more than a century, was revealed, using CT scans and 3D printing.

Mummy wrapped with amulets and gold