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This mummy has been in the Michael C. Carlos Museum since 1921, and
for a long time people had wondered what was inside! In 1995, the Museum
asked the Emory University Hospital to examine the mummy with their
CT Scan machine.
Their analysis revealed . . . that it was the corpse of a middle-aged
man who died of natural causes. We don't know his name.
Egypt, Probably Late Ptolemaic Period, ca. 167 - 30
BC
"Wrapped Mummy with Cartonnage Trappings"
Human remains, linen, cartonnage, paint, and gilt, 67 x 17-1/4 x 10
inches
Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.6
Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum
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