I know many of you are fascinated with mummies and so are we. Now that we are back it seems a little strange that we didn’t have more to report on mummies.
When you think of ancient Egypt, mummies do come to mind, and the ancient Egyptians certainly advanced the preservation of bodies to an art form. However, we saw only a few mummies during our time in Egypt, which did include some mummified crocodiles and cats. There was so much to see and do while we were traveling and sometimes we had to make hard choices. At the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, due to time constraints and wanting to see the King Tut exhibit, we opted not to visit the mummy section.
So even though we didn’t have a lot to offer on mummies and mummification, I did want to share a great website you can visit, if you would like to know more. Check it out. It does show pictures of real mummies, so it is a little gross.
Here it is. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html
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Great photos! I remember seeing some kind of documentary about people during a World War 1 or 2 digging up mummies and using thier linen wraps to make ?? clothing for military or to use the linen fibers for something…and apparently thousands?? of mummies from Egypt were destroyed. Did you see or hear any reference to that to clarify what happened to so many mummies and how Egypt went about their decision to allow this to happen? Thanks..N. Inclan
We didn’t hear anything about the military destroying mummies to use the linen, but did hear that at one time ground up mummy was used as a drug and apothecaries carried it. Many mummies were destroyed for this purpose. Amazing, but true.