ABSTRACT
In addition to the invasion of insects and the partial decomposition of the body, there must have been some period in the process of embalming at which some of the bodies became so decomposed as partly to disintegrate. The evidence for this statement lies in the finding of a great number of mummies, parts of which are in a state of such utter confusion that it is clear that the body must have fallen to pieces during the process of embalming. This state of affairs must not be confounded with the rewrapping and restoring of bodies plundered by robbers, as was the case, for instance, in the mummy of Ramesses VI (see above, p.I06}. It is clearly due to grossly careless manipulation. In the case of one of the Nubian mummies, the cartonnage and outer wrappings were quite undisturbed, but the perished parts of the body had been made good by stuffing in bits of
