Earlier research, including DNA analysis, showed Veronica Orlovits suffered from tuberculosis. But researchers hope to use the CT scan to confirm that diagnosis, and also see what other ailments she suffered from. They also are searching for clues to what kept the bodies preserved so well.

This isn't the first mummy to get the CT scan treatment. Last year, scientists found evidence of atherosclerosis in a group of almost two dozen Egyptian mummies scanned for signs of disease. Egyptologists also used CT scans to see if a previously unknown mummy was the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (researchers tried to see if her tooth would fit into the mummy's jaw). And in 2005, arguably the most famous mummy of all, Tutankhamun, underwent a 15-minute CT scan. That scan suggested King Tut died of a broken leg that turned gangrenous, and wasn't murdered by a blow to the back of the head, as had been suspected from earlier X-rays.


Radiology professor allegedly called "academic terrorist"

A radiology professor of Arab descent has filed complaints over allegedly facing discrimination, including being called an "academic terrorist" after disputes arose with supervisors over pay, according to a Press-Citizen report.

Dr. Malik Juweid, a 49-year-old professor of radiology and nuclear medicine with the University of Iowa, accused his bosses of blocking his research, denying him resources and defaming his character in two separate complaints filed with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. Named in his complaints are his department chair, Dr. Laurie Fajardo, the dean of the Carver School of Medicine, Dr. Paul Rothman, and the assistant dean, Dr. Lois Geist.

"I firmly believe that the actions above were at least in part based on my national origin as an Arab-American," Juweid wrote in his complaint, according to the Press-Citizen newspaper.

In the complaints, Juweid, a Jordan-born, naturalized American citizen, alleged that his relationship with his bosses went sour in May after he argued that radiologists on staff were paid 15 percent less than those at other teaching hospitals in the region. (According to state records obtained by the paper, Juweid is paid $236,300.)

He accused Fajardo of calling him an "academic terrorist" in a discussion with another colleague and referring to a visiting doctor of Pakistani origin as "Osama Bin Laden," according to the Press-Citizen's report.

Juweid, who has worked with the hospital for the past decade, initially filed a complaint against Geist in November. He then added Rothman to the complaint earlier this month after he allegedly backed out off an agreement to change Juweid's reporting structure in reaction to the filings against his colleagues. He also filed the complaint against Fajardo this month.

The administrators and university declined to comment on the allegations. "Unlike Malik Juweid, because this is a confidential personnel matter, the [University of Iowa] is prohibited from discussing the specifics of the complaints filed," a spokesman said, according to Press-Citizen.


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