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This is the upper part of a mummy of an unknown young man; probably, his age was below 21 years. The rest of the mummy is intact but is not shown here. The mummy was discovered in the 1820s CE. The elaborate preparation of this mummy is highly idiosyncratic and recalls the style of mummification used in the Old Kingdom.
Before wrapping the body of the man, the embalmers carefully modelled the facial features, using resin-soaked linen; the nose strikingly and unusually maintains and assumes its prominent form. The scalp above the forehead was left unwrapped; the hair, as well as part of its underlying skull, can be seen. The embalmers painted the facial features on the wrappings. Ptolemaic-Roman Period, after 305 BCE. From Thebes, modern-day Egypt. (The British, London).
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