That would be in line with Egyptian tradition, as mummies were wrapped in amulets, spells, and incantations layered within the wrappings.
In the early Church, the people did not entirely abandon the customs of their ancestors, so incorporating a shred of the Gospel into the mummification process would not be out of character.
However, this theory would be negated if there were pagan incantations or other indications of Egyptian gods and goddesses on the mummy.
I would really love to know more about this.
The cool thing about it is that it verifies the early appearing of the Gospel of Mark. Mark is known as the earliest of the Four Gospels, and to include it in the mummy would mean that there had to be more copies around.
I LOVE this stuff! :-)
Me, too. Just when we think we know so much, we find out we don’t.