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To: mass55th

They spent several months and got it off, glued the beard back with beeswax like it was originally.


36 posted on 02/01/2016 6:39:26 PM PST by wrench
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To: wrench
Read about the beard. When Carter started to try to unravel the wrappings, they had a terrible time because of the hardened state of the resin. That's why his remains look so bad. There's even a theory that the oils in the resin they covered his mummy with caught fire:

Tut

44 posted on 02/01/2016 6:46:30 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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