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Mummified ibis, from Abydos, Egypt

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An image of Organic Remains / Bird Mummy. Mummy of ibis, elaborate bandaging, height 0.33 m. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos (?) Egypt.

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Organic Remains / Bird Mummy. Mummy of ibis, elaborate bandaging, height 0.33 m. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos (?) Egypt.

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  • Accession Number: E.151.1914
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael F. Jones
  • Image height: 538 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 140.73kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:29 14:24:59

Key words

Ancient Egypt animal mummy antiquity BC birds Egyptian Fitz_ANT grave goods ibis mummified animal mummy organic remains ritual equipment ritual object

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rgb(220,218,213), rgb(38,32,24), rgb(169,168,159), rgb(141,127,109), rgb(100,83,62), rgb(114,110,98), rgb(83,76,61), rgb(160,156,156), rgb(101,100,100), rgb(180,148,120), rgb(180,156,116)

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