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Description: | Human mummified left arm with section of bone missing. Remains of gold leaf still attached. Finger and toe-stalls were fitted to high ranking mummies from the 26th the 30th Dynasty (see J Taylor, 'Death and the Afterlife' 2001 p58). Western Mail April 2 1993 reports-"Police and university officials were out on a limb yesterday in a row over a missing arm. University College Swansea student John Taylor landed himself in police custody last November after a severed arm was found in his lodgings in Gwydr Crescent, Uplands, Swansea. John aged 25, had innocently picked up the arm amongst other ancient relics on a beach on Gower. But police began a murder hunt after the grisly find and John was arrested at his home in Essex and held for two days. The nightmare ended after the mistake was realised but John claims his girlfriend left him thinking he was 'a killer'. He was released after experts discovered the arm was not two years old as originally thought - but came from a 2,500-year old Egyptian mummy. Now John - who is at his Essex home during college holiday time-is asking for the ancient limb to be returned to him. A South Wales Police spokesperson said yesterday she had no idea where the missing limb was. It is understood the arm was taken by train and car to the British Museum in London but John was told the limb was then given to the classics and ancient history department at University College Swansea. Yesterday College Registrar Mr John Barnes said, "We do not keep arms here. "I have never heard anything about this limb". The arm, covered in bandages and with the remains pf finger bones sticking out, was discovered by John along with old axe heads and flints - he sold off most of the objects to an antiques dealer. Student John's solicitor Wendy Lewis said yesterday she would fight to get the arm back for her client - but the process could be expensive." | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 747 B.C.-332 B.C.
Late Period | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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