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To: American in Israel

She doesn’t look “Egyptian” because ethnically she probably isn’t.

The mummy is from the Ptolemaic period when the Greek/Macedonian Ptolemy family ruled Egypt. Cleopatra was a Ptolemy. It was during this period that coffins were frequently decorated with an image of the dead person.


11 posted on 11/30/2017 8:49:42 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: RJS1950

Excellent response. It just struck me, having spent some time in Egypt that the facial features were not at all “Egyptian “.

You sir, solved The Puzzle, and are a real asset to Free Republic.


14 posted on 11/30/2017 9:56:09 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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