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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Jan 24, 2023, 12:25 PM

Title: Teenage mummy scanned
Post by: Duncan Head on Jan 24, 2023, 12:25 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/24/digital-scan-unwraps-secrets-of-mummy-from-2300-years-ago

Probably non-Egyptian because they can detect a foreskin. He appears to date to the Ptolemaic period, though the P-wprd isn't mentioned.
Title: Re: Teenage mummy scanned
Post by: Swampster on Jan 24, 2023, 11:16 PM
Is there any evidence of Hellenising Egyptians refraining from circumcising their boys so that they would be more at home in the gymnasium?