CT Scan Shows Mummy Younger Than Thought

In this Wednesday, May 2, 2007 handout photo released by Carnegie Museum of Natural History, shown is a mummy that dates back to Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty, in a CT scan machine. The scan done Wednesday at a Pittsburgh hospital revealed that the child, who lived more than 2,000 years ago, was likely between 3 and 5 years old, younger than previously thought. X-rays done in 1986 had led scientists to believe that the child was about 8 years old. (AP Photo/ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Handout)

(AP) -- A CT scan of an ancient Egyptian child's mummified body has revealed a spearlike object within the upper spine and skull, but scientists say they do not know whether that is what killed the child.