Extremely Rare "Mud-Caked Mummy" Reveals Unusual Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Practice
In ancient Egypt , the must - have fashion for any royal mummytaking a trip to the afterlifewas a resin shell to plow your wrap up corpse . But what to do if you ca n’t get your hand on theseexpensive and spell resin carapaces?Just use mud , plainly . archaeologist restudying an ancient Egyptian mummy late discovered it ’s an passing rare example of an mortal who seems to be preserved in material wrappings and undecomposed quondam - fashioned mud ....