Tag: Ptolomy

• Ancient Egyptian Hawk Mummy Mystery | Baby History Shorts

  

  In 2016, as part of Maidstone Museum’s Ancient Lives project, their mummified collections, comprised mostly of animals, were CT scanned. Shockingly, EA 493 Mummified Hawk (Ptolemaic Period, 300bce) didn’t contain a hawk, it contained a human.  Inside of a small cartonnage, painted with a gilt hawk face and wings, but human feet in sandals, and…

  Aradia Wyndham

  August 24, 2023

  Babies, Pregnancy, Video

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