The mummified remains of a man, known as the 'Gebelein Man', on display in the British Museum

Date:
1960 - 1985
Location:
British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London Authority, WC1
Reference:
LRM01/01/038
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

These human remains are one of six bodies excavated near Gebelein (now Naga el-Gherira) in Egypt in the late 19th century and acquired by the British Museum in 1900. The bodies have been dated to approximately 3400BC.

Content

This is part of the Series: LRM01/01 Series of Black and White Photographs; within the Collection: LRM01 Leonard Robin Mattock Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Mattock, Leonard Robin

Keywords

Victorian Museum, Neolithic Tomb