POLICE DISCOVER 2,700 YEAR OLD MUMMY
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[ June 24th 2005 ]

German police have inadvertently unearthed the body of a 2,700 year old mummified corpse during a murder investigation in Uchte. According to Deutsche Welle, police originally thought the body of the teenage girl was evidence of an unsolved murder case. But upon closer examination, it turned out the suspected victim of foul play was actually slightly older than first thought, some 2,700 years older.

According to Henning Hassmann, the state archaeologist of Lower Saxony, all the parts of the corpse appear to have been found except for one shoulder blade, though much of it was strewn about by modern digging equipment. Even the hair on the corpse's head was intact, Deutsche Welle reports.

Paleobiologist Andreas Bauerochse said the "Girl of the Moor" will be examined for clues to life 2,000 years ago. The find will keep scientists busy for a long time, he told the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper in an interview. "Today we have a handful of questions. In a week it will probably be two handfuls," he said.