Egyptian mummy may have died ‘screaming from agony,’ researchers say

For roughly 3,500 years, the remains of an ancient Egyptian woman have preserved what may have been her final expression before death: an anguished shriek.

The mummy, known as the “Screaming Woman,” has been the subject of intense curiosity since it was first discovered in 1935. Her mouth hangs wide open with her mostly-intact top teeth bared, as if she were howling in pain. Her sunken eyes and black, leather-like skin add to her startling appearance.

While the woman’s identity…