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A woman views the Mummy of Meresamun

A woman views the Mummy of Meresamun in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. The new gallery is displaying for the first time in decades some of the finest Egyptian and Nubian artifacts in the UK. The Egyptian collection opens to the public from November 26, 2011. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




Members of the public view a mummy of a young woman from during the Roman occupation of Egypt



Members of the public view a mummy of a young woman from during the Roman occupation of Egypt in the Ashmolean Museum

Members of the public view a mummy of a young woman from during the Roman occupation of Egypt in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




Sue Goddard views a statue of King Taharqa in the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts

Sue Goddard views a statue of King Taharqa in the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




Members of the public admire the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

Members of the public admire the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




Members of the public view a mummified child dating from 80AD in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

Members of the public view a mummified child dating from 80AD in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




A museum assistant holds a faience mummiform figurine know as a 'shabti' in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

A museum assistant holds a faience mummiform figurine know as a “shabti” in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




A woman views the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

A woman views the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




Artist Sue Goddard views detail on the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia



Detail on the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia



Artist Sue Goddard views the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

Artist Sue Goddard views the Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)




A woman takes a photograph on her mobile phone in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia



Laura Berry views mummiform figurines on display in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia

Laura Berry views mummiform figurines on display in the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition of artifacts from ancient Egypt and Nubia on November 23, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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