Bird mummy
Egyptian mummy from ca. 1st to 2nd c. AD, i.e. the Roman Period in Egypt, 23.8 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm. Shaped like a human mummy, with a head, body, and a section for the feet. Features of a falcon are drawn on its face. Its linen wrappings are carefully shaped into square patterns.
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Two for one
story by Kiki Freriks.The person who bought this mummy was told that it contained a falcon. Modern scans showed something else: no falcon, but two other birds. Two for the price of one.
