The Gebelein predynastic mummies are six naturally mummified bodies, dating to approximately 3400 BC from the Late Predynastic period of Ancient Egypt. They were the first complete predynastic bodies to be discovered.
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The head of EA 32751 showing the preserved hair. Photo taken in 2011.
Model of a boat found at Gebelein dated to 3400-3200 BC. Historical Museum of Bern, ref. AE 368.
Naqada II decorated jar, next to the mummy![Plate from By Nile and Tigris[11] vol.2, 1920 (facing p.360) showing how the body (EA 32751) was displayed in the British Museum at that time.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Ginger_%28mummy%29_1920.png/330px-Ginger_%28mummy%29_1920.png)
Plate from By Nile and Tigris[11] vol.2, 1920 (facing p.360) showing how the body (EA 32751) was displayed in the British Museum at that time.About this person
The Gebelein predynastic mummies are six naturally mummified bodies, dating to approximately 3400 BC from the Late Predynastic period of Ancient Egypt. They were the first complete predynastic bodies to be discovered. The well-preserved bodies were excavated at the end of the nineteenth century by Wallis Budge, the British Museum Keeper for Egyptology, from shallow sand graves near Gebelein in the Egyptian desert.
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