Mummified Snake, Egyptian

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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