Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000-year-old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice.’

Axar.az reports that the voice of an ancient Egyptian priest has been heard for the first time in more than 3,000 years, thanks to a detailed reconstruction of his vocal tract from his mummified remains.

The project researchers used interior medical scans of the famous mummy of Nesyamun - now resting in the Leeds City Museum in the United Kingdom - to create a digital, 3D model of the insides of the individual's throat and mouth, which were reproduced on a 3D printer.

The 3D-printed vocal tract was then combined with an artificial larynx to recreate a single sound from Nesyamun's voice - a sound not heard since the 11th century B.C.