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Science Now

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Egyptian mummies have fuelled railways, been turned into paint and medicaments and been collected as souvenirs.
Nowadays they're more often subjected to the surgeon's knife or the radiologist's X-rays.
Colin Tudge explores what the application of scientific and medical techniques is revealing about life in Ancient Egypt. Producer DEBORAH COHEN

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Colin Tudge
Producer:
Deborah Cohen
Source: Radio Times

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