Conservation experts are currently carrying out work to ensure the 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest and his inner and outer coffins.
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Egyptian mummy gets makeover

Egyptian mummy gets makeover

Egyptian mummy gets makeover

Conservation experts are currently carrying out work to ensure the 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest and his inner and outer coffins look their best before going on display at the new £20m Leeds City Museum which opens on September 13.

Leeds once boasted a fine collection of mummies but they were destroyed in a World War Two air raid in 1941 and only Nesyamun survived.  He will be one of the attractions in the new museum's Ancient Worlds gallery.


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