7 Surprising Uses for Mummies (Mummies have been used for many things, from paper to medicine, after their original burial by the ancient Egyptians. Discover seven surprising ways mummies have been used over time.)

Well-preserved Egyptian mummy of a man from the Ptolemaic Period, with crossed arms and detailed linen wrappings, displayed in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

a well preserved Egyptian mummy from the Ptolemaic Period

The mummified person's name, written hastily, can be read as either Pachery or Nenu....

Egyptian mummified cat

Mummified cat from ancient Egypt.

Science Museum, London/Wellcome Collection, London (CC BY 4.0)

mummy brown

Mummy brown paint.

Mummy, Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Forbes Pigment Collection, Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Straus. 17

mummy linen

Linen mummy bandage.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909, (09.184.797), www.metmuseum.org

mummy relics

These religious relics were said to be from Joan of Arc but were proven to be from...

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Unwrapping the Mummy

Unwrapping the Mummy lithograph in black on ivory wove paper by Harriet...

The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Dr. Ira Frank; reference no. 1944.480 (CC0)

Mumiae

Mumiae.

Christoph Braun and Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

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