The body of the deceased woman is wrapped in several layers of linen. The mummy’s bandage material was not especially woven for this purpose. Instead, the Egyptians took old clothes, torn into strips, or household textiles for wrapping. The total processed surface of linen used for a mummy can be larger than 300 square meters.
The finish of the mummy’s cover is a continuous large piece of linen, which was colored with safflor red in this case.
Described parts of the mummy’s head: mask, crown of justification, linen wrapping, skull, balm, stick, coffin base.
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