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Archaeologists Discover Teenage Mummy Buried with Trove of Ornate Jewelry

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I find things like this interesting. There’s real depth here. That girl was the daughter of someone. Despite cultural differences and generational gaps, there was human chemistry and emotion there. Someone cared deeply about her to ensure she was preserved. Most likely to go into the next world as with Egyptian customs.

But they went further than that. They stored her favorite animals, and her sandals, likely to ensure she wasn’t alone. But there’s a level of depth and caring that goes into that. Also a level of torment.

There’s something uniquely human in that. Something that to me I find touching. I can’t quite place it. For me for a long time, I looked at mummies and Egyptian history from a bit of a removed view. In that I knew they were human, but I didn’t really realize they were /human/ like me. If that makes sense?

Am I the only who read this as Teenage Mutant?

You are not :)

Heroes in a linen wrap, mummy power!

How much jewelry is that in Tutankhamuns? Is it like half a Tutankhamun, or less?

It'd be hard to be more than 0.01 Tutankhamuns. That dude had rooms full of crap. E.g. https://kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/information/

Ah, the OG hoarder. But one man's crap is another man's treasure. I suspect you could retire comfortably if you had a portion of that dude's "crap".

And that's considering the tomb had been partially looted during Antiquity and that he was a nobody.

I wonder what's the maximum share of the worldwide gold reserves that's been kept in Egyptian tombs at the same time.

Nefer-Tina from Mummies Alive[0].

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7C0arR310g

Oh man, that's a blast from the past. The theme song alone is such a time capsule, you can just tell this is a 90s show. Reminds of this one sitcom that's basically an Alf rip-off except it's a mummy instead of an alien. Strangely enough, couldn't find it but did discover what seems to be an identical show made in the US and a German/French cartoon about a Mummy becoming a nanny for two kids. Mummies were a hot property back in the 90s/early 00s, huh?

Is there a site that has photos of all of them?

Sad but very touching ... across culture and time.

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