1839 print MUMMY HEADS AND COFFIN, ANCIENT EGYPT, #2

Description: EgypteAncienne_02 1839 print MUMMY HEADS AND COFFIN, ANCIENT EGYPT, #2 Print from steel engraving titled Têtes et Cercueil de Momies, published in a volume of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris, approx. page size 22 x 13 cm, approx. image size 17 x 8.5 cm. mummy body embalmed, naturally preserved, or treated for burial with preservatives after the manner of the ancient Egyptians. The process varied from age to age in Egypt, but it always involved removing the internal organs (though in a late period they were replaced after treatment), treating the body with resin, and wrapping it in linen bandages. Among the many other peoples who practiced mummification were the people living along the Torres Strait, between Papua New Guinea and Australia, and the Incas of South America. There was a widespread belief that Egyptian mummies were prepared with bitumen (the word comes from the Arabic mūmiyah ‘bitumen'), which was supposed to have medicinal value. Throughout the Middle Ages, “mummy,” made by pounding mummified bodies, was a standard product of apothecary shops. In course of time it was forgotten that the virtue of mummy lay in the bitumen, and spurious mummy was made from the bodies of felons and suicides. The traffic in mummy continued in Europe until the 18th century.

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