Scientists using a 3D printer forced a 3,000-year-old mummy to speak (Photo, Video)
Scientists using a 3D printer were able to simulate the voice of a mummy dating back 3,000 years. “Nesyamun's mummy, better known as the Leeds mummy, turned out to be“ experimental ”.
The researchers analyzed her voice path, printed an exact copy of it on a 3D printer, and at the end recreated her voice using a speech synthesis system, reports to the BBC.
According to Joan Fletcher, co-author of the study at York University, Nesyamun wanted his voice to be heard after death. It was written on a sarcophagus.
At the moment, scientists have managed to recreate only the sound "a". But they hope that soon they will be able to master other sounds, even whole words and sentences.
This case is considered the first when, using modern technology, it was possible to recreate the voice of a once-living person.
Nesyamun is an Egyptian priest who lived during the time of Pharaoh Ramses XI. In 1824, the first analysis of the mummy was carried out, which showed that the man died at the age of 50, apparently from an allergy to a bite of his tongue by an insect.
The mummy from Leeds is the only one preserved from the time of Ramses XI. It became a source of valuable information for scientists about that period of life in Ancient Egypt.
Recently, the OXO wrote that viruses found in the glaciers of Tibet of unknown origin. An international group of scientists believes that they relate to different periods, since they differ from each other.
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The researchers analyzed her voice path, printed an exact copy of it on a 3D printer, and at the end recreated her voice using a speech synthesis system, reports to the BBC.
According to Joan Fletcher, co-author of the study at York University, Nesyamun wanted his voice to be heard after death. It was written on a sarcophagus.
At the moment, scientists have managed to recreate only the sound "a". But they hope that soon they will be able to master other sounds, even whole words and sentences.
This case is considered the first when, using modern technology, it was possible to recreate the voice of a once-living person.
Nesyamun is an Egyptian priest who lived during the time of Pharaoh Ramses XI. In 1824, the first analysis of the mummy was carried out, which showed that the man died at the age of 50, apparently from an allergy to a bite of his tongue by an insect.
The mummy from Leeds is the only one preserved from the time of Ramses XI. It became a source of valuable information for scientists about that period of life in Ancient Egypt.
Recently, the OXO wrote that viruses found in the glaciers of Tibet of unknown origin. An international group of scientists believes that they relate to different periods, since they differ from each other.
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