Tears came to my eyes. It was as if one could feel the spirit of this person, a high priest from 2,500 years ago. Iufaa's mummy is in bad shape. The decision is made to move it quickly to a research lab at Giza. Iufaa is carefully lifted out, bundled in a foam pad, and placed in a simple wooden coffin.
Workers carry it back across the sands.
The distant wailing of a village funeral wafts across the dunes. Later that day the coffin arrives at the lab, where it will be x-rayed. A bead restorer arrives to remove the beads, which tragically have been jostled beyond recognition. Much animated discussion about what to do. Iufaa's feet break off and are placed in the empty wooden coffin while the rest of his body is x-rayed.