Egyptian Mummified Hawk Is Something More Mysterious

We analysed a piece that had initially been classified as ‘a mummified hawk with linen and cartonnage, Ptolemaic period (305 BC to 30 BC)’. Samantha Harris, collections manager at the Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery in Maidstone, Kent, England, was going through the museum’s collection of over 400 Egyptian artifacts when she came upon what was believed to be … Continue reading →