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Her remains were mummified over 2,000 years ago, but a 3D scanning system has shed new light on the life of a five year old girl from Egypt. Scientists have used 3D scanning to create an exact digital copy of the mummy, revealing how it looks on the outside and inside. The scans revealed that the mummified remains belonged to a girl aged between 4.5 and six, who likely died from dysentery or meningitis. The mummified Egyptian child has been called Sherit, which is ancient Egyptian for'little one.' The mummy has been stored at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose since 1930, although little is known about where it came from.