Ancient mummy with shrieking expression may have "died screaming from agony," Egyptian researchers say

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died "died screaming from agony," researchers say.

The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in a 1935 archeological expedition in Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, was kept in The Cairo Egyptian Museum and referred to as "Screaming Woman Mummy of the store of Kasr al Ainy."

In an article in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, scientists said they used CT scans and other testing to examine whether the mummy had any pathological abnormalities and assess potential causes of death.