It would be a world first.
Polish scientists have explained that they discovered a pregnant Egyptian mummy, the first of its kind in the world, by performing X-rays on the 2,000-year-old remains in the National Museum in Warsaw.
According to scientists working on a project around this mummy, the woman whose body was embalmed was between 20 and 30 years old and was 26 to 30 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.
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The mummy was not opened but an X-ray showed the woman had long, curly hair reaching down to her shoulders. Brought to Poland in the 19th century, this mummy is part of the antiques collection of the University of Warsaw and has been kept at the National Museum since 1917.
