Re: Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt
Originally Posted by
summer
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When it's of no significant historical interest like this one which s thought to be a family tomb I wish they would just photograph and catalogue it then seal it up again it seems a shame to remove them. Some look like parents and children who have laid there undisturbed for centuries.
Good point .....
Presumably, many of the high-status mummies end up in museums and many lower-status mummies in good condition end up in laboratories but there must be hundreds of other mummies (of animals as well as humans and some in poor condition) who end up somewhere else - finding out where is proving elusive .....