Researchers ‘shocked’ to find Egyptian mummy was a pregnant woman

Archaeologists studying Warsaw's national collection of mummies expected to uncover a male priest

Polish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and computer tests revealed instead that it was a mummy of a woman who had been seven months pregnant.

The researchers said on Thursday it was the world's first known case of such a well-preserved ancient mummy of a pregnant woman.