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Unwrapping a mummy : the life, death and embalming of Horemkenesi

by John Taylor

This study reconstructs the life, health, and mummification of Horemkenesi, an eleventh-century BC Egyptian priest, by analysing historical inscriptions alongside findings from the scientific unwrapping of his body.

Accession 2018 ISBN 0292781415 Publisher University of Texas Press
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