TAKING A PEEP AT THE MUMMY

 

Mike Bennett’s mummy was in the souvenir shop of Khan Khalil whose main operation was in Alexandria.


In the shop a postcard sized photograph could be purchased giving all the details on the back. Briefly the Mummy is Dje-Her – High Priest and God of Procreation. He lived under the 30th Dynasty – making him about 2300 years old. The fun bit was for an extra five pisasters the square of cloth covering the groin could be lifted to expose his shrivelled parts – giving much infantile delight to the lads and no doubt boosting the shop takings.


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