And now, more than a century later, a study was conducted for the first time in an attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding this surprising body. This mummy, discovered in 1916 in a cemetery dated between 332 and 30 BCE in Nag el-Hassay in southern Egypt, has since been preserved in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Next This richly decorated, mummified teenager, nicknamed the “golden boy,” has fascinated researchers since 1916