The discovery of Wah's mummy
Linen bandaging and sheets were used extensively in wrapping mummies. In this photograph, archaeologists have just set aside the lid of a wooden coffin. On the right they have removed thirty linen sheets that were folded on top of the mummy for protection and use in the afterlife.
Unwrapping of Wah's mummy
Clothing was made of linen woven from flax.
Haremhab as a scribe
Egyptians of all levels in society wore linen clothing and wool wraps for cold desert nights. This scribe's shirt is of such fine linen that it is nearly transparent.
Section of a Book of the Dead
(detail)
Scribes wrote documents and letters, and kept
records on papyrus scrolls. The Book of the Dead and other funerary texts
were also written on papyrus.
