Bandaged wound found on 2,000-yr-old child mummy in Egypt for the 1st time

Scientists have found the first recorded example of a bandaged wound on an Egyptian child mummy, thought to be taken from the "Tomb of Aline". The mummy is that of a girl child, aged around four years, who died 2,000 years ago. The bandaged wound was on her foot and appeared to have been infected when she died.

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