This is body copy. Egyptian mummies were prepared using a detailed process that included removing many of the internal organs, desiccating the body in a drying salt, and wrapping the preserved body in linen before placing it in a wooden coffin, like this one. The painted coffin (#30023) below, and the mummy that was inside it, are both featured in Mummies.
Body Copy (article)This is body copy. Egyptian mummies were prepared using a detailed process that included removing many of the internal organs, desiccating the body in a drying salt, and wrapping the preserved body in linen before placing it in a wooden coffin, like this one. The painted coffin (#30023) below, and the mummy that was inside it, are both featured in Mummies.
Smaller Body CopyMummies is co-curated by David Hurst Thomas, curator of North American Archaeology in the Division of Anthropology and John J. Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals in the Division of Paleontology.
Small tag / Image Caption Small as Image Caption: Ancient Egyptian mummies #30007.Grave robbing was a problem in ancient Egypt, but coffins made of limestone made the grave more difficult to open.
Egyptian mummies were prepared using a detailed process that included removing many of the internal organs, desiccating the body in a drying salt.
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