Imagine a book so massive it takes three people to open the glass display case to access it, yet so delicate the three-foot-tall pages are only turned once a week to ensure preservation.
"Using non-invasive CT scanning, our scientists were able to see an Egyptian woman inside her intricate layered wrappings. At the time of her death, likely from tuberculosis, she was in her early 40s and had curly hair. Her gilded mask not only acted as an idealized portrait, but also ensured she kept her eyesight, hearing, taste, and smell in the afterlife."