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Teenage mummy scanned

Started by Duncan Head, Jan 24, 2023, 12:25 PM

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Duncan Head

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.
Duncan Head

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Is there any evidence of Hellenising Egyptians refraining from circumcising their boys so that they would be more at home in the gymnasium?