Mummified Reptiles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: ONE BOX OF MUMMIFIED REPTILES (INCL. CROCODILES) WITH TEXTILE WRAPPINGS. MIGHT BE FROM CATALOGUE #S 1563 - 1565?
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for 4 crocodile mummies with this number, 2011: Mummified crocodile group, 332 B.C.-A.D. 250. Dozens of crocodile hatchlings emerge from the nest together, and mummy groups like these that mimic nature were fairly common. The varied quality of the linen wrappings probably means that priests used leftover bits of fabric to wrap the crocodiles.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: AT5604-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy