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The Egyptian mummy preserved in
the A.P.State Museum, Hyderabad
is that of a young girl aged
between 16 to 18 years, daughter
of the VI Pharoah of Egypt. The
mummy is dated to 2500 B.C. It
is one of the six Mummies
preserved in Indian Museums.
This was brought by Nazeer Nawaz
Jung, the son-in-law of Mir
Mahaboob Ali Khan, the VI Nizam
of Hyderabad in 1920s for a
throwaway price of 1000 pounds
and gifted to Mir Osman Ali
Khan, the VII Nizam of
Hyderabad, who in turn donated
it to the Hyderabad Museum when
it was opened in 1930.
Recent X-Ray
studies conducted on the Mummy
revealed that the body is intact
and only one tooth is found
missing.
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