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

A pre-dynastic burial

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

A pre-dynastic burial

The mummified head of Rameses II

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

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

The mummy of a child

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

A mummified cat

The unwrapped body of a mummified cat

Mummies of a falcon and a jackal

Mummy of a jackal

A mummified fish

Scientists prepare to unwrap a mummy