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Description: | This object is a cut piece of linen mummy wrapping cloth, with no colour or decoration., "from upper Egypt, 8th century B.C." [NCM Register], From a letter found with the specimen in the store 19/02/2004 - 'This piece of linen was taken from a mummy which was unravelled in my presence by Mr Budge of the British Museum at University College, London, on the 10th December 1889. The mummy was from Upper Egypt and its date is about eight-centuries B.C. A. Dins-esq, Medical Student, University College, London, W.C. Dec. 30th 1889.'
Upper Egypt, situated south of the Nile Delta, has a range of archaeological sites of interest. Beni Hasan was established around 2055 BC and consisted of rock cut tombs for officials. Hermopolis, the site of creation to many ancient Egyptians, was a flourishing city throughout most of Egyptian history. Rameses II (1279-1213 BC) built temples here and Ptolemy III (246-221 BC) built a temple which was later knocked down and the site used as a Christian church from the fifth century AD. Tell al-Amarna is the infamous site built by Akhenaten (1352-1336 BC). Abydos, Dendera, Luxor and Thebes lie south of Amarna and were important temple sites. Karnak is the site of the famous Temple of Amun. Upper Egypt also plays host to The Valley of the Kings, the most famous tomb being that of Tutankhamun (1336-1327 BC).
Accession number: NCM 1970-46 | Subjects: | death textiles EGYPTIAN | Temporal: | 4400BC-640?AD | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | EGYPT | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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