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At the museum of Yverdon les Bains: Mummy of an egyptian priest, named Nesshou / Yverdon les Bains múzeumában: Nesshou, az egyiptomi pap múmiája

(In the museum of Yverdon les Bains)

 

He was a priest devoted to worshipping Min, a fertility God and lived in the Greek period (331-30 B.C.). His mummy wrappings are interesting. The linen has been removed to reveal that the Book of the Dead (papyrus) was wrapped around the body; they are the glossy, lighter-colored parts of the body. X-rays of the mummy reveal that there are various amulets underneath. Nesshou was donated to the museum in 1896 by Edmund Simond-Bey.

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