New study uncovers rare "mud carapace" mortuary treatment of Egyptian mummy (IMAGE)

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New study uncovers rare "mud carapace" mortuary treatment of Egyptian mummy

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Mummified individual and coffin in the Nicholson Collection of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. A. Mummified individual, encased in a modern sleeve for conservation, NMR.27.3. B. Coffin lid, NMR.27.1. (Published under a CC BY license, with permission from the Chau Chak Wing Museum, original copyright 2019).

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Sowada et al, PLOS ONE (CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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