There is a painful expression on his face! 3,000-year-old mystery of the screaming mummy solved

The reason of death of the princess, who has kept her mystery for years and was called the "screaming mummy" due to the painful expression on her face, was determined as a heart attack. According to experts, the princess could not be intervened during the embalming process, as she was found hours after her death, thus preserving her posture with her facial expression at the time of death.

Egyptologist Doctor Zahi Hawass explained his findings as follows; “We assume that the lifeless body of the screaming woman might not have been discovered until hours later, which is enough time to cause death solidification.

We think that the embalmers made their shrunken body without rotting or mummifying it. They were unable to keep this woman's mouth shut or put her body in a reclining position, which is unusual with other mummies. His facial expression and posture at this moment of death were preserved. 

Called the 'screaming mummy' because of the painful expression on her face, the mummy was found in a royal cemetery in Luxor in 1881. The mummy was discovered with her legs bent and crossed, her head slightly bowed, and her mouth open.

Experts based on the inscriptions on the cloth where the princess is wrapped believe that the mummy belongs to the sister of the Pharaoh Meret Amon. However, since this title is used for many princesses, the actual identity of the mummy is unknown.