The coffin lid of 25th Dynasty Theban Priest, Djeddjehutyiuefankh, on view at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
The coffin lid of 25th Dynasty Theban Priest, Djeddjehutyiuefankh, on view at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Djeddjehutyiuefankh was buried in three coffins that are almost 3,000 years old.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
Djeddjehutyiuefankh was buried in three coffins that are almost 3,000 years old.
A CT scan of Djeddjehutyiuefankh's skull, undertaken at an Oxford hospital.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
A CT scan of Djeddjehutyiuefankh's skull, undertaken at an Oxford hospital.
The items in the museum's collection cover 5,000 years of history in the Nile Valley. <br /><br />Pictured is a Ptolemaic coffin and mummy with gilt mask and loral garlands, c.30 BC-AD 641.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
The items in the museum's collection cover 5,000 years of history in the Nile Valley.

Pictured is a Ptolemaic coffin and mummy with gilt mask and loral garlands, c.30 BC-AD 641.
A detail from a wall-painting picturing the daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty, c.1345-1335 BC.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
A detail from a wall-painting picturing the daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty, c.1345-1335 BC.
The ancient Nubian Shrine of Taharqa is the largest freestanding Pharaonic monument in the UK and takes pride of place in the Ashmolean Museum's newly redeveloped Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.
Ancient mummies given new lease of life —
The ancient Nubian Shrine of Taharqa is the largest freestanding Pharaonic monument in the UK and takes pride of place in the Ashmolean Museum's newly redeveloped Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.