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Mummification A series of photographs primarily taken at The British Museum and The Vatican Museum

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Mummification

A series of photographs primarily taken at The British Museum and The Vatican Museum

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A pre-dynastic burial

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A pre-dynastic burial. This is a popular exhibit at the British Museum,

know as “Ginger”.

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A pre-dynastic burial

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The mummified head of Rameses II

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Natron is the naturally occurring salt used by embalmers to dry bodies in the process of mummification

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A partially unwrapped mummy from the

Vatican Museum. The Vatican’s mummy

collection is no longer displayed to the public.

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The mummy of a child

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Canopic jars which held the internal organs removed from the body during the process of mummification

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A mummified cat

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The unwrapped body of a mummified cat

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Mummies of a

falcon and a jackal

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Mummy of a jackal

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A mummified fish

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Scientists prepare to unwrap a mummy

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