ptolemaic-roman

Updated: August 5, 2026

All the perishable parts of the body were removed or destroyed by chemicals. Only the skin, bones, hair, and teeth remained to be padded with mud and resin, wrapped in cloths, covered with a painted and gilded cartonnage to represent the glorified Osiris mummy. In the Ptolemaic-Roman period we see the final stage of the Osiris cult.

George Andrew Reisner - The Egyptian Conception of Immortality