Exploration of Human Mysteries

Author: Li Shiji
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The mummy with a beating heart
World-famous ancient Egyptian mummies are not only numerous but also well-preserved, truly astonishing people. So far, there is no exact statistics on how many mummies have been unearthed in Egypt, this mysterious land. People also cannot estimate how many undiscovered mummies still exist there. What shocks the world is that a mummy unearthed in the suburbs of Luxor was found to contain a peculiar heart pacemaker. In the suburbs of Luxor, Egypt, a newly unearthed mummy was lifted out of the tomb before being handed over to the national cultural relics department for preservation. Before that, it underwent preliminary treatment. At this time, a priest involved in the process noticed something unusual about the mummy and carefully examined it. To his great surprise, he discovered a rhythmic sound coming from the mummy. Following the sound, he found it was coming from the heart, as if it were the sound of a heartbeat. Could the heart of this deceased person still be beating? People found this hard to believe, as it was truly impossible. Then, could something have been hidden inside the mummy’s heart? People couldn’t know for sure at the time, as they dared not open the mummy wrapped in white linen to uncover this mystery. They immediately organized to transport the mummy intact to a local clinic. The clinic, however, was also hesitant to handle this extraordinary mummy, and it was subsequently transferred to Cairo Hospital, which has extensive experience in such cases. Upon receiving the transferred mummy, Cairo Hospital organized a team of experienced experts to examine it, but they still couldn’t determine the cause of the sound from the surface of the body. Therefore, they decided to conduct an autopsy. The doctors removed the white linen wrapping the body and performed an autopsy, where they discovered a pacemaker near the heart. This black pacemaker, still beating after more than 2,000 years, greatly intrigued the doctors. They used advanced instruments to test it and found that it was made of a black crystal containing radioactive material. Among the existing crystals in the world, people had never seen black crystals before, only white ones, and a few light red or purple ones. The doctors discovered that although the heart of this 2,500-year-old mummy had long dried out into meat, it continued to beat in rhythm with the pacemaker. Its "thump-thump" was very rhythmic, beating 80 times per minute. People could clearly hear it. Cairo Hospital then announced this groundbreaking discovery to the public and reinserted the pacemaker into the mummy’s body, allowing people to come and visit. This astonishing news not only attracted many archaeologists but also drew the interest of a large number of electronics experts. They came from all over the world to Cairo Hospital to visit and explore the mummy with the heart pacemaker. Everyone was amazed by this mysterious pacemaker, and at the same time, people raised the question of where this black crystal came from. Who, in 2,500 years ago, could understand that the black crystal contained radioactive material and could keep the heart beating? Under the backward medical conditions of ancient Egypt, how did people manage to place such an advanced pacemaker inside a human chest? Faced with this series of puzzles, experts were deeply perplexed. Some believed that in the culturally advanced ancient Egypt, there may have been some sorcerers with special abilities, and this historical miracle was created by these sorcerers using extraordinary means. So, who manufactured this black crystal pacemaker and implanted it into the human body? Where did it actually come from? This unsolvable mystery can only be left for future generations to uncover. P238-239