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
A pre-dynastic burial
A pre-dynastic burial. This is a popular exhibit at the British Museum,
know as “Ginger”.
A pre-dynastic burial
The mummified head of Rameses II
Natron is the naturally occurring salt used by embalmers to dry bodies in the process of mummification
A partially unwrapped mummy from the
Vatican Museum. The Vatican’s mummy
collection is no longer displayed to the public.
The mummy of a child
Canopic jars which held the internal organs removed from the body during the process of mummification
A mummified cat
The unwrapped body of a mummified cat
Mummies of a
falcon and a jackal
Mummy of a jackal
A mummified fish
Scientists prepare to unwrap a mummy