\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The practice of mummification, developed at the beginning of the Pharaonic era, persisted through the Hellenistic period and right up
to the advent of Christianity.\par
In the late period, however, bodies were treated in an increasingly summary fashion.\par
This mummy of an individual from the Ptolemaic period is covered with a cartonnage in four pieces, laid over the face, breast, l
egs and feet.\par
The technique of cartonnage entailed molding several layers of linen or pressed papyrus around the dead manÆs body. This covering was then plastered and painted.\par
