Nesyamun was an Egyptian priest who sang religious chants at a temple in Thebes, Egypt, around 1100 b.c. Now, 3,000 years after his death, his voice can be heard again. To recreate the sound, a team of researchers in London made a 3-D-printed copy of the priest’s mouth and throat, which, thanks to the mummification process, had remained mostly preserved. Scientists then used computer software to generate a noise that would go through a loudspeaker and into the 3-D printed vocal tract. That process resulted in a single sound similar to the vowel in “bed” and “bad.” Although it’s not the same as hearing Nesyamun’s daily chants, experts believe this new finding could lay the groundwork for recreating more of an ancient person’s voice. “When visitors encounter the past, it is usually a visual encounter,” John Schofield, an archaeologist at the University of York, told the Associated Press. “With this voice, we can change that and make the encounter more multidimensional.”