Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years

Amenhotep I unwrapped' digitally by Cairo scientists, revealing details from his grave jewellery to his teeth

With his narrow chin, small nose and curly hair he physically resembles his father, said radiologist Sahar Saleem. Perhaps surprisingly for someone who lived about 3,500 years ago, he also has strikingly good teeth.

Saleem is talking about the mummified body of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, a warrior king who has been something of an enigma in that he is one of the few royal mummies not to be unwrapped in modern times.