Wrapped in long strips from head to toe.

But this mummy from the Louvre has a complicated woven square pattern on her face and a completely different packaging style! The intricate decoration begs the question, who is this person and why do they get special treatment in packaging style? The most striking feature of this mummy is that it is different from other mummies in that it is interwoven with flax strips, forming a concentric square pattern on the mummy's face.

However, under the linen, the body was well preserved.

According to the Louvre, the X-ray photo shows that this mummy is an adult male who lived in Ptolemy period (305-30 BC).

His mortal life is very rich, and he will be mummified after his death, which ensures that he can live to the afterlife.

The researchers in the museum are not sure of this person's name, but they think it is either Paccieri or Nenu. The mummy's face has a novel concentric square effect made of linen strips.

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0), the mummy's face has a geometrically distorted square pattern.

In the rest of the mummy's body, there are thick shoulders, neckline in the chest, decorative apron on the legs and shells on the feet.

Cartoon painting is a kind of material used for funeral masks and decorations in ancient Egypt from 218 BC to 400 AD.

Similar to paper painting, it is made by covering gypsum with a layer of linen or papyrus paper and then coating it with pigment.

On the design of square linen, there is a mask (now next to the mummy) decorated with a winged scarab, which is a symbol of rebirth.

The neckline of the mummy depicts the goddess and sisters Nefertis and Isis, who are the protectors of the mummy.

The neckline is also decorated with several rows of beads, including eagle head buttons, and the masks and aprons are decorated with symbolic patterns and images.

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0), the mummy's apron is arranged in different scenes along its length.

Among these records, the most striking is a portrait of a mummy lying on a bed, once again surrounded by the goddess Nefertis and Isis, and four sons of Horus, Imseti, Du Amter, Hapi and Kibesenov.

Horus' four sons are usually regarded as the embodiment of four Canopik jars: liver, stomach, lung and intestine.

Except for the heart and brain, the main organs of human beings are kept in jars.

The heart is put outside the body and jar, because it is considered as the embodiment of the soul, so it needs to be able to enter the realm of death.

The brain is considered as the source of mucus, so it is reduced to liquid, taken out with a metal hook and discarded.

There are two images of Anubis or Amp on the foot shell of the mummy. Anpu is the god of cemeteries and antisepsis.

Many mummies have found this god, because he will use the weight of feathers to measure the heart of the dead to decide whether to allow the soul to enter the territory of the dead. Just like today, different mummification techniques have different practices and related prices.

Around 450 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus described these different practices in detail.

He described the "perfect process" as taking out the brain through the nostrils and other perishable internal organs.

As mentioned above, these organs are then placed in Canopik tanks.

Then wash the body cavity with palm oil and fill it with the purest mashed myrrh, cassia seed and all other spices except frankincense.

Finally, wrap your body in linen, dip it in resin or chewing gum, and return it to your family in wooden bags.

In this case, the priest will put a lot of amulets in the package.

Presumably, this is the mummification that Pakseri/Nenu will experience. Judging from this man's elaborate mummy technology and packaging, it is obvious that he is a rich man.

In ancient Egypt, not everyone was as lucky as him. Many people are just buried in the desert, offering small sacrifices to the gods.

At the beginning of the mummification process, the mummy was far less beautiful than this one.

In fact, they are just bodies soaked in linen and resin.

As time goes on, packaging becomes more and more complicated.

Mummies who entered the Greek and Roman period are often famous for their highly complex woven linen designs, decorations, masks and cartoons.

During Ptolemy's reign, all these elements were added before the mummy was put into the coffin.

Above: The square mummy, Veronica Parkes of the Louvre, recently graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, studying medieval and ancient Mediterranean.

During my research, I was a research assistant of a history professor, including the transcription and translation of medieval Latin, as well as the collection and reading of Mor.