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Unwrapping a Mummy
by John H. Taylor
Paperback: 116 pages
Publisher: British Museum Pubns Ltd
(November 1995)
Unwrapping a Mummy by John H. Taylor is a short, readable book about the unwrapping of
Horemkenesi, an Egyptian priest and official who lived in the Egypt of 11th Century B.C.
His mummy was discovered in 1904 or 1905 (no one's quite sure) and sent to its home at
the Bristol City Museum (in England) where he remained on display for many uneventful
years...until the humid summer of 1976. At that time, the un-air-conditioned
environment of the museum led to signs of the mummy's decomposition.
In 1981, certain that the mummy was beyond reclamation, officials decided to unwrap
and dissect it (an uncommon practice these days) to retrieve information.
The results of two weeks of intensive study are captured beautifully in this book--yes,
you do get to see the mummy unwrapped, step by step. Horemkenesi is no beauty, but the
information gives a fuller picture of his life and death. Fascinating, scholarly work.
The book has been gently read, and the pages are clean and bright with gentle light wear to it's cover.
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