The mummified adolescent was found in a "good state of conservation."
A team of scientists used modern non-invasive techniques to take a peek into ancient boxes that are still unopened all these years later.
Photos from the scene show the mummy in a fetal position, wrapped in bandages, inside a cooler bag for the Latin American food delivery service Pedidos Ya.
Long before the preservation methods of today came to life, ancient Egyptians had to use unique local remedies to prepare mummies.
The mummy, found with three others, is thought to be one of the best-preserved and oldest discovered in Egypt.
Close to 50 amulets were found on the body of a 2,300-year-old teenage mummy kept in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.
Although mummified animals such as crocodiles are commonly found at archaeological sites in Egypt, mummified crocodiles are often not examined thoroughly, according to researchers.
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