3100-year-old Egyptian mummy "spoke"

British historians and engineers restored the voice of the ancient Egyptian priest Nesyamun and made him "utter" a few sounds.

The Nesyamun Mummy is one of the most famous ancient Egyptian artifacts that are stored in museums in the UK. She was found on the territory of one of the temples of the god Amun in Karnak. The mummy came to Great Britain in 1823, and was soon exhibited at the Leeds Museum. During the Second World War, the priest’s sarcophagus and the mummy of the priest miraculously survived the German bombing, which destroyed a significant part of the museum’s collection.

Historians believe that the mummy is the remains of one of the high priests of Amon, Nesyamun, who lived about 3,100 years ago. Both the remains and the sarcophagus in which they were kept are very well preserved, which made them the subject of constant attention from scientists.

According to the İTAR TASS agency, as a result, specialists managed to ensure that the mummy of Nesyamun “recognized” several vowels. They are similar to those that modern Christian priests publish during liturgical services. In general, they resemble a cross between the sounds “a” and “e”.

In the future, as scientists hope, the Leeds Museum workers will be able to use the speech synthesis algorithm built on the basis of this three-dimensional model of Nesyamun’s voice tract in order to “revive” the ancient Egyptian priest and the associated exposure.

According to experts, Egyptian scientists, in turn, can make the temple of Amun, where the priest spent his whole life, more attractive to tourists using similar algorithms.

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