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Mummified Snake, Egyptian

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An image of Reptile Mummy/Snake Mummy. Production Place: Egypt. Depth 0.035m, height 0.05m, length 0.07m.

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Reptile Mummy/Snake Mummy. Production Place: Egypt. Depth 0.035m, height 0.05m, length 0.07m.

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  • Accession Number: E.1.1853
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 696 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 138.22kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:29 14:02:41

Key words

Ancient Egypt animal mummy antiquity Egyptian Fitz_ANT grave goods mummified animal mummy organic remains reptiles ritual equipment ritual object serpent snake

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rgb(170,146,111), rgb(103,81,51), rgb(4,4,4), rgb(225,208,178), rgb(51,35,17), rgb(124,124,101), rgb(60,60,47), rgb(118,116,108), rgb(132,84,48), rgb(54,52,52), rgb(28,36,24)

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