New CT scans will shed light on a 2,300-year-old mummified baby

Fresh scans will shed more light on a mummified Egyptian baby which for centuries was thought to be the remains of a bird.

Historians once believed the famous relic was a 2,300-year-old hawk, before a CT scan showed it was actually a baby born in around 300BC.

They now hope another micro CT scan can give even more information about the artifact, which is part of a collection at Maidstone Museum in Kent.

Sam Harris, museum curator, said: “The micro CT scan will assist in identification and diagnosis and, hopefully, confirm our findings so far.