Walton -- Mummy Closeup (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Walton -- Mummy Closeup

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Portrait mummy of a girl, late 1st century CE, mummified remains of 5-year-old girl wrapped in linen, with a portrait in beeswax and pigments on wood. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois.

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