Mummy Undergoes 3D Scan in OC

Scientists are performing a virtual autopsy today at the Orange County Global Medical Center on one of the mummies in the Mummies of the World: The Exhibition at Bowers Museum.

Anthropologist and Mummy Expert Ildiko Szikossy and Dr. Linda Sutherland are using state-of-the art 3D CT scan technology — a procedure never before conducted on a human mummy at Orange County Global Medical Center, the oldest hospital in Orange County.

The CT scan of Veronica Orlovits may help researchers to identify evidence of disease or injury. In-depth results from the CT scan conducted will later be revealed during Mummies of the World: The Exhibition, which is on display at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana until September 5, 2016.