1. Mummification A series of photographs primarily taken at The British Museum and The Vatican Museum

2. A pre-dynastic burial

3. A pre-dynastic burial. This is a popular exhibit at the British Museum, know as “Ginger”.

11. A pre-dynastic burial

12. The mummified head of Rameses II

13. Natron is the naturally occurring salt used by embalmers to dry bodies in the process of mummification

14. A partially unwrapped mummy from the Vatican Museum. The Vatican’s mummy collection is no longer displayed to the public.

33. The mummy of a child

34. Canopic jars which held the internal organs removed from the body during the process of mummification

35. A mummified cat

37. The unwrapped body of a mummified cat

40. Mummies of a falcon and a jackal

41. Mummy of a jackal

43. A mummified fish

45. Scientists prepare to unwrap a mummy