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Takabuti: a Twenty-fifth Dynasty Egyptian Lady A mummy in the Ulster Museum in Belfast, which has fascinated generations of visitors, reveals information about her life and times following a scientific examination by Eileen Murphy, Rosalie David and Winifred Glover.

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