The Mystery Of The Black Mummy ( Ancient Egypt Documentary), Timeline
In 1958, an Italian archaeologist discovered the mummified remains of a twoandahalfyearold boy in a cave in southwestern Libya. But this was a mummy with a difference: it was far older than any comparable examples found in Egypt. The culture that produced the mummy were cattle herders, and occupied much of North Africa, at a time when the Sahara was a savannah. Possible links with later Egyptian culture have also been found, including the representation in rock art of dogheaded human figures (resembl
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