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Introduction to the Takabuti Project
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Rosalie David and Eileen Murphy
Published: 01 May 2021
...The mummy of Takabuti is one of the best known antiquities in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Takabuti lived at the capital city of Thebes in Egypt in the 25th Dynasty (c. 600 BCE), where she enjoyed a privileged and wealthy lifestyle. In 2008/2009, the mummy underwent a series of in-depth...
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Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt: Investigating the Belfast Mummy
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Rosalie David (ed.) and Eileen Murphy (ed.)
Published online: 20 January 2022
Published in print: 01 May 2021
...The mummy of Takabuti is one of the best known antiquities in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Takabuti was a young woman who lived in Egypt during a tumultuous period, c. 600 BC. Her mummy was unwrapped and investigated in Belfast in 1835. While the focus of the book is on Takabuti, it shows how...