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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Found to Hold Youngest known Mummified Foetus

    Scanning reveals coffin from 600BC, originally though by curators to contain preserved organs, holds a foetus of no more than 18 weeks gestation The cedar wood coffin, excavated in 1907, dates back to 600BC. Photograph: Jaymes Sinclair/the Fitzwilliam Museum, Image Library   A miniature coffin from ancient Egypt that was thought to contain …