Inside view of ancient mummies

The Mummy of Tamut, a temple singer around 900 BC, is shown during a press conference at the British Museum in London, April 9, 2014.

Scientists at the British Museum have used CT scans and volume graphics software to go beneath the bandages, revealing the skin, bones, internal organs, and in one case a brain-scooping rod left inside a skull by embalmers. The results are going on display in an exhibition which sets eight of the museum's mummies alongside detailed 3-D images of their insides.

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CT scan 3D visualisation of the mummified remains of Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, showing a section through the cartonnage and wrappings.

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The CT scan of the mummy of an adult male (name unknown), showing the surface of the wrappings.

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The CT scan of the mummy of an adult male (name unknown), showing his mummified remains.

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A mummy undergoing a CT scan at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

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The temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, where Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, probably served as a priestess.

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Cartonnage of a priestess, adult, casing with a gilded face, named Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut. Found in Thebes, 22^nd Dynasty (c. 900 BC).

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Mummy of an adult male (aged 35 to older, name unknown), wrapped in linen bandages. Found at Thebes, 26^th dynasty (c. 600 BC).

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The Mummy of Tamut, a temple singer around 900 BC, is shown during a press conference at the British Museum in London, April 9, 2014.

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Members of the media stand around the Mummy of Tamut, a temple singer around 900 BC, during a press conference at the British Museum in London, April 9, 2014.

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CT scan 3D visualisation of the mummified remains of Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, showing the wrappings.

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CT scan 3D visualisation of the mummified remains of Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, showing her body within the cartonnage.

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CT scan 3D visualisation of the mummified remains of Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, showing her skeleton and amulets.

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The temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, whereTayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, probably served as a priestess.

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CT scan of the feet of Tayesmutengebtiu, also called Tamut, to show the metal covers on her toenails and the large amulet of the winged scarab beetle Khepri.

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The CT scan of the skull of the mummy of an adult man (name unknown). The scan shows considerable evidence of dental abbcesses and the loss of several teeth.

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The CT scan of the skull of the mummy of an adult man (name unknown). The scan shows the remains of the brain (colored in blue) and evidence of a tool that was left in the skull as a mistake during the mummification process (in green).

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The Theban necropolis where the mummy of an adult male was discovered.

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The CT scan of the mummy of an adult male (name unknown), showing his skeleton.