viernes, 26 de febrero de 2016
Mummies in the Monks' Corridor of the Catacombe dei Cappuccini
Mummies in the Monks' Corridor of the Catacombe dei Cappuccini
The Skrydstrup Woman
The Skrydstrup Woman, found in a tumulus in Denmark. She was discovered in 1935 and dated to 1300 BCE
Remains of Salt Man
Remains of Salt Man 4 on display at Zanjan.(left) Head of Salt Man 1 on display at National Museum of Iran in Tehran
Xin Zhui
Xin Zhui (Chinese: 辛追), also known as lady Dai, was the wife of the Marquess Li Cang (利蒼) (d. 186 BCE), chancellor for the imperial fiefdom of Changsha during the Han Dynasty. Her corpse was found in 1971 near the city of Changsha
jueves, 25 de febrero de 2016
martes, 23 de febrero de 2016
mummy
Mummy dating from the Greco-Roman period, from Thebes, belonging to the so-called "Marquess Busca's mummy" in the Egyptian Museum in the Castello sforzesco in Milan, Italy. This is a pastiche/hoax created at the beginning of 19th century by Egyptian clandestine atnique dealers for roma marquess Carlo Busca. They created a "compete" sarcophagus by using the cover of the sarcophagus once beloged to a Pa-di-Khonsu (XX/XXIV dinasty, 9th century BC), the sarcophagus once beloged to a Di-Hor-Khapet (XXV/XXVII dinasty, 7th/6th century BC), a mummy from the Greco-Roman period, and the papyrus scroll of a Book of the Dead by scribe Pthames (15th century BC). - Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto
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