Microbial examination of archaeological mummy No. 335 in the museum storehouse in Diabat - Akhmim – Sohag

Shonip Alam Eldeen, Kholoud; Mohamed Ismail, Badawi; Mohamad Mohamad Al-Mirghani, Samiya; Sayed Korany, Mahmoud

doi:10.21608/ijaswa.2021.248391

Microbial examination of archaeological mummy No. 335 in the museum storehouse in Diabat - Akhmim – Sohag

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Restoration specialist at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

² Dean of the Faculty of Archeology in Luxor

³ PhD in physical anthropology

⁴ Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Luxor University

10.21608/ijaswa.2021.248391

Abstract

Microbiological examination of a sarcophagus containing
an archaeological mummy in the museum storehouse
(Kamal Fahmy) in Al-Diyabat in Sohag bearing No. (335).
It was found using the sensors for building a wall for the
monastery of the Virgin Mary in Akhmim in the year
2000, and it is in a poor state of preservation. The mummy
is completely wrapped in linen wraps and placed inside a
wooden coffin in the form of a human (anthropoid). The
mummy and coffin were subjected to microbial
examination to suggest a maintenance plan. Fungi were
isolated from the coffin floor, wooden coils, coffin lid,
white mortar, red colored mortar and light and dark linen
wraps of the mummy.

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