# The Story of an Egyptian Cat Mummy Through CT Examination +
## 4 Results  
The CT data reveal a complete skeleton of the cat (Figure 2a). Like most other case studies [15; 46; 47; 48], the mummified cat is in a sitting position: its forelimbs are stretched out along its body, while its hind limbs are flexed and pushed in toward its belly. Lastly, the tail is folded between its hind and fore legs, lying along the belly. The scans revealed unerupted permanent teeth within both the mandible and maxilla (Figure 3). The canines shown in the figure are deciduous, and the permanent teeth have yet to erupt. In the maxilla, the fourth premolar remains unerupted (Figure 3a), while in the mandible, the first molar is still inside its chamber (Figure 3b). This helps in establishing the age at death. In the hind legs, the femurs' distal epipbyses were unfused, as were the proximal epipbyses of the tibiae, which appeared to be unfused, with the line between the epipbyses and the shafts being very clear (Figure 4b-e). The proximal epiphysis of the humerus, the ulma, and the distal radius were also not fully developed (Figure 4d,f,g). These provide further evidence of the animal's age. The epiphyseal status is reported in Table 1.  
Figure 3: Axial CT scan of the cat’s dentition. (**a**) The unerupted fourth premolar in the maxilla is indicated by a red arrow. (**b**) The molar in the mandible remains enclosed within its chamber (red arrow). (**c**) 3D rendering of the skull and mandibles with the gems of the upper fourth premolar (in purple) and lower first molar (in blue) still in the alveoli. Deeper analyses revealed several bone fractures. The cranial region showed a significant fracture. The sides of the foramen magnum and the first cervical verteb appeared discontinuous and damaged; additionally, the atlas had a clear fracture in the ventral side, where the arch of the verteb is separated from the rest of it (Figure 5a,b). Furthermore, the occipital bone of the cat's skull featured a centrally located posterior rounded foramen measuring 2 mm in diameter (Figure 5c). Several significant fractures were present in the postcranial skeleton. The forelimbs were damaged; the left humerus had a dislocation in the proximal epiphysis, the left ulna and radius showed a break in the middle of the diaphysis (Figure 6a), and the right humerus had three separate fractures: a dislocation in the proximal diaphysis, a detachment of a shrapnel fragment that moved into the medullary cavity, and a separation of the distal part of the bone (Figure 6b). The central part of the body was severely damaged, with all the ribs and several vertebrae displaced from their normal positions. The last cervical verteb (C7) and the thoracic vertebrae were completely fragmented, while the remaining cervical, lumbar, and  
Figure 4: (**a**) The figure presents a coronal view of the right side of the cat’s skeleton. (**b**) Zooming into the red panel of Figure 4a, it shows the unfused distal epiphysis of the right femur and the proximal epiphysis of the right tibia. (**c**) Similarly, in the yellow panel, the right proximal ulna physis is open (red arrow). (**d**) A coronal view of the cat skeleton (left side). (**e**) Zooming in on the red panel from Figure 4d, this image highlights the unfused distal femoral and proximal tibial epiphyses with a red arrow. (**f**) Further enlargement (orange panel) within the figure focuses on the incomplete distal epiphysis of the radius. (**g**) The proximal epiphysis of the right humerus is completely separated. caudal vertebrae had experienced less damage and remained in their correct positions (Figure 7a). The first ribs were visible and showed minimal fracturing, even though they appeared rotated by 180 degrees (Figure 7b), contrarily to the other ribs, which were extensively damaged. Figure 6: Coronal view of specific fractures in the cat skeleton. (**a**) The red arrow indicates the fractures of the left ulna and left radius (left side).