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Updated: 2005-09-13 09:11
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A worker wraps up the casket of a 2,500 year-old mummy after scientists scanned the body to
learn more about its history at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of
Liege in eastern Belgium, September 12, 2005. Scientists are using the
same technology that showed the world Tutankhamen
's face earlier this year to
try to verify the identity of the mummy. (Reuters) |
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Belgian students inspect the casket of
a 2,500 year-old mummy before scientists scan the body to learn more about
its history at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Liege in eastern
Belgium, September 12, 2005. Scientists are using the same technology that
showed the world Tutankhamen's face earlier this year to try to verify the
identity of the mummy. (Reuters) |
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Vocabulary:
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casket: a coffin(棺材)
mummy: the dead body of a human being or an animal
that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the
practices of the ancient Egyptians(木乃伊)
Tutankhamen:
(古埃及法老王) | |
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