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View full screenMummified adult male with wrappings arranged in lozenges, and a portrait-board fitted over the face, the feet have a cartonnage case with gilded gold toes, excavated by Petrie: Ancient Egyptian, Hawara, Middle Egypt, Hawara, c. AD 80 - 120
A.1911.210.1
Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa
Roman Period
Ancient Egyptian
Roman
Organic, Linen, Wood, Gold, Plaster, Resin
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942
British School of Archaeology in Egypt
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
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