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Mummy, crocodile
Mummified crocodile, provenance unrecorded. Coffin boards were originally with this object but their whereabouts are now unknown. Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman. Crocodiles no longer exist wild in Egypt north of the High Dam. Presented to the Wellcome Museum by Petrie in 1929. Crocodiles were once common in ancient Egypt but since the damming of the Nile they are scarce. They were sacred to the god So…
Type of item
- Mummy, crocodile
- Late Period - Graeco Roman
Date
- 747 B.C.-395 A.D.
- -0747/0395
Type of item
- Mummy, crocodile
- Late Period - Graeco Roman
Date
- 747 B.C.-395 A.D.
- -0747/0395
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W985
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:06:05.996Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:41.399Z