Viral ‘screaming mummy’ video is FAKE – here’s what the 3,000-yr-old priest actually sounded like

A VIRAL video of a ‘screaming mummy’ has been deemed fake – here’s how the corpse really sounded.

Footage of a 3,000-year-old mummy named Nesyamun “screaming” has been circulating social media, even garnering as many as 10 million views on Twitter.

A viral video of a ‘screaming mummy’ has been deemed fake.

SWNSBy using a CT scan, experts were able to reproduce a “vowel-like sound” based on measurements of the exact dimensions of Nesyamun’s vocal tract[/caption]

However, the video is actually edited footage of a similar reel created by scientists in 2020.

The content has been altered to make the mummy’s voice sound more thrilling, according to a report by Gizmodo.

It’s unclear who created the original edited video, but according to Gizmodo, it was made popular from a YouTube account by the name of Kmlkmljkl in January of 2020.

That YouTube post has so far racked up more than 4.5 million views.

As many may describe the scientifically-replicated sounds from Nesyamun as underwhelming, it’s no surprise that someone decided to spruce it up.

And the edit is not random, but instead taken from a hip hop song called Guillotine (It Goes Yah) by an artist named MC Ride, who performed it in 2011.

The hip-hop artist’s scream is much different than the one in the scientists’ video, where the mummy is able to reproduce a single noise.

The sounds mimic the vowels in the words “bed” and “bad” – or “erhh” to you and us.

By using a CT scan, experts were able to reproduce the “vowel-like sound” based on measurements of the exact dimensions of the Nesyamun’s vocal tract.

The noise was synthesized by a team from the University of York and Royal Holloway, in collaboration with Leeds General Infirmary.

Nesyamun was an Egyptian priest who lived during the volatile reign of pharaoh Ramses XI, between 1099 and 1069 BC.

He worked as a scribe and priest at the state temple of Karnak in Thebes, or modern-day Luxor.

His voice would have been “essential” to his ritual duties, which experts say included preaching and singing.

SWNSNesyamun was an Egyptian priest who lived between 1099 and 1069 BC.[/caption]