Archaeologists Discover Teenage Mummy Buried with Trove of Ornate Jewelry

[digi59404]

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?

[postexitus]

Am I the only who read this as Teenage Mutant?

[grawprog]

Heroes in a linen wrap, mummy power!

[geohotter]

You are not :)

[petjuh]

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

[JoeAltmaier]

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/

[reedwolf]

Nefer-Tina from Mummies Alive[0].

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

[BelleOfTheBall]

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?

[sydd]

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

[ngcc_hk]

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