Thebes Necropolis - Mummification

Thebes Necropolis - Mummification

Mummification, a burial custom in ancient Egyptian society.

Mummy of Cleopatra, wrapped in fine linen bandages with an outer shroud. The bandages wrapped diagonally and horizontally, decorated with polychrome painted full-length representation of Nut, flanked by other deities with a wooden comb, and string of berries and remains of funerary wreath lying on top of the mummy. Inscriptions of Cleopatra's coffin states that she died at 17.

1823