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Mummy Case

"The wooden mummy case dates from Dynasty 21 (1069-969 BC) and is covered by cartonnage. Ancient Egyptian cartonnage is a material made from layers of linen or papyrus, coated with gesso (a calcium based mineral substance) and then painted. The mummy…

Tags: Ancestral Remains, ancient Eygpt, archaeology, collecting the dead, communicating with the dead, Mortuary Practice, UCL

Pot Burial

"A pot burial from Hemamieh, near the village of Badari. The village name is now used to refer to a distinct predynastic civilisation called Badarian. Badarian sites were found by Ali Suefi in 1923 and published by Guy Brunton and Gertrude…

Tags: Ancestral Remains, ancient Eygpt, archaeology, collecting the dead, communicating with the dead, human remains, Mortuary Practice, UCL

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