Egypt
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- The Story Of The Leeds Mummy
Yorkshire Evening Post (Neil Hudson) It’s not every day the YEP gets to talk about the relics of ancient Egypt – but thanks to a tour of the British Museum’s Egyptian collection at Leeds Museum, Yorkshire’s curious connection to that period...
- Mummy Moved To Leeds Museum
24 Hour Museum Specialist mountain-rescue kit was called in yesterday to move a Yorkshire mummy into its new resting place at the Leeds City Museum in Millennium Square, where he is expected to be a star attraction. Nesyamun – also known as The Leeds...
- Egyptian Mummy Gets Makeover In Leeds
Yorkshire Evening Post This article is several days old but today is the first day that I could persuade the page to load, so be warned - it may be temperamental. EVERYONE likes to look their best when appearing in public and Nesyamun, the Leeds mummy,...
- A Famous Mummy
Nesyamun is on his way to the the new Leeds museum it strikes me how odd that this simple Egyptian is more famous dead than he would ever have been in life. That's quite the afterlife! http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART60517.html...
- Makeover For Nesyamun
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Egypt
Sting in the tale of Leeds mummy
24Dash.com (Hannah Wooderson)
He survived World War II bombs which destroyed his compatriots and adopted home and has remained intact for more than 3,000 years… but in real life Leeds mummy Nesyamun was probably killed by a tiny insect.
Two other mummies and the building itself were wiped out in the 1941 bombing of Leeds’ museum- leaving the city without a permanent museum ever since- but Nesyamun escaped unscathed.
Yet as curators prepare for his face to be seen in public, they have come to the conclusion that he was perhaps more vulnerable than he appears and that a simple sting from a small bee or other insect could have caused his death.
Also going on public display is a striking reconstruction of Nesyamun’s head, which depicts him in a startling and very lifelike manner as he would have looked as a priest in Thebes 3,000 years ago.
This was produced using a 360º scan of his actual head, which was then reconstructed by renowned medical artist Richard Neave of Manchester University several years back, but has not been on show while the city waits to get its permanent new museum.
The story behind Nesyamun’s premature demise has been revealed as a major operation to relocate him to his final resting place- with the help of specialist mountain rescue equipment- gets under way today.
The ancient insect’s venom is thought to have caused an anaphylactic reaction when it stung Nesyamun, killing him rapidly.
See the above for more.
- The Story Of The Leeds Mummy
Yorkshire Evening Post (Neil Hudson) It’s not every day the YEP gets to talk about the relics of ancient Egypt – but thanks to a tour of the British Museum’s Egyptian collection at Leeds Museum, Yorkshire’s curious connection to that period...
- Mummy Moved To Leeds Museum
24 Hour Museum Specialist mountain-rescue kit was called in yesterday to move a Yorkshire mummy into its new resting place at the Leeds City Museum in Millennium Square, where he is expected to be a star attraction. Nesyamun – also known as The Leeds...
- Egyptian Mummy Gets Makeover In Leeds
Yorkshire Evening Post This article is several days old but today is the first day that I could persuade the page to load, so be warned - it may be temperamental. EVERYONE likes to look their best when appearing in public and Nesyamun, the Leeds mummy,...
- A Famous Mummy
Nesyamun is on his way to the the new Leeds museum it strikes me how odd that this simple Egyptian is more famous dead than he would ever have been in life. That's quite the afterlife! http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART60517.html...
- Makeover For Nesyamun
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