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  • With model of mummy’s vocal tract, researchers recreate voice of long-dead Egyptian priest

    Jan 24, 2020 10:15 am by The Washington PostIllinois in the News
    Nesyamun's mummified body before a CT scan at Leeds General Infirmary in England. (Leeds Teaching Hospitals/eeds Museums and Galleries)

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    • Nesyamun's mummified body before a CT scan at Leeds General Infirmary in England. (Leeds Teaching Hospitals/eeds Museums and Galleries)

    Washington Post (Jan. 24) Illinois expert Daniel Bodony says the vocal tract is only half of what makes 'the human being sound like the human being,' so the electronic re-recreation 'sounds tinny.'