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A 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy speaks again, with some high-tech help
The mummy, an Egyptian priest named Nesyamun, would have been pleased to hear his voice in the afterlife, the researchers said.
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Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun 'True of Voice'
The sound of a 3,000 year old mummified individual has been accurately reproduced as a vowel-like sound based on measurements of the precise dimensions of his extant voca …
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