Gallery

An x-ray of Mummy 1770 before she was unwrapped showing the much smaller body inside a larger mummy bundle. (Image 1 of 26)

Mummy 1770 was mummified with her arms crossed over her chest which was a common style in the Ptolemaic period. (Image 2 of 26)

X-rays showed that Mummy 1770 had no lower legs – they are missing below the knee on the left and above the knee on the right. (Image 3 of 26)

An x-ray of the side of Mummy 1770 shows that her lower legs were missing when she was wrapped. (Image 4 of 26)

Mummy 1770 was found to have a guinea worm in her abdomen when she was x-rayed (shown by the white arrow). (Image 5 of 26)

An x-ray of Mummy 1770’s teeth – this helped show that her age was about 13 when she died. (Image 6 of 26)

The x-rays taken of Mummy 1770 before she was unwrapped were used by the mummy project team to help identify where parts of her body were inside the bandages. (Image 7 of 26)

A team of experts in Egyptology, pathology, radiology, entomology and dentistry came together for the unwrapping of Mummy 1770. (Image 8 of 26)

The unwrapping was observed by a number of scientists and was filmed by a television crew. (Image 9 of 26)

Rosalie David removed the outer bandages of the mummy under the guidance of two pathologists. (Image 10 of 26)

The cartonnage head mask and chest cover of Mummy 1770 can be seen after the bandages covering it were removed. (Image 11 of 26)

Each part of the mummy wrappings and cartonnage were carefully cleaned before they were removed. (Image 12 of 26)

The cartonnage chest cover of Mummy 1770 once it had been cleaned. (Image 13 of 26)

Samples for scientific study were collected by the mummy project team at each stage of the unwrapping. (Image 14 of 26)

Mummy 1770 was very poorly preserved and lots of insects were found inside her bandages. (Image 15 of 26)

One of the two gold nipple amulets Mummy 1770 was buried with. (Image 16 of 26)

Cartonnage slippers were found wrapped inside the bandages where her feet should have been. (Image 17 of 26)

The cartonnage slippers of Mummy 1770 once they had been cleaned. (Image 18 of 26)

Reeds and bandages were wrapped around the lower legs of Mummy 1770 to make artificial legs. (Image 19 of 26)

Mummy 1770 was given a very lifelike false right foot made of reeds by the embalmers. (Image 20 of 26)

Mummy 1770’s left false foot was not as well made as her right one – it does not really look like a foot. (Image 21 of 26)

The cleaned and repaired cartonnage head mask of Mummy 1770. (Image 22 of 26)

A close-up of the head mask showing the gold leaf on the face and glass eyes and eyebrows. (Image 23 of 26)

A side view of the head mask shows how beautifully decorated the mask was. (Image 24 of 26)

A plaster reconstruction of Mummy 1770’s skull that was used to produce a facial reconstruction. (Image 25 of 26)

The finished reconstruction of how Mummy 1770 would have appeared during life. (Image 26 of 26)