Boston Hospital Cleaning 2,500-Year-Old Mummy

BOSTON (AP) — A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy is coming out of his coffin in Boston to undergo rare cleaning and restoration procedures at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The mummy known as Padihershef has been on display at the third oldest general hospital in the United States since it received him as a gift from the city in 1823 as a medical oddity.

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