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Monthly Archives: September 2017
The Leeds Mummy
Leeds is an unlikely place to find a three-thousand year old Egyptian mummy. But the coffin containing the embalmed remains of Nesyamun, a priest of the ancient god Amun, was brought to Leeds in 1823 having been unearthed near Thebes … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Leeds, Urban History
Tagged Atkinson Grimshaw Park Row Leeds, Beckett's Bank Leeds, Belinda Wassell, Dobson & Chorley, E Kitson Clark, Esketh Moor Thirsk, Isurium, Leeds Bengal tiger, Leeds Mummy, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Sociey, Mok the Gorilla, Nesyamun, Park Row Leeds, Philosophical Hall Leeds, R D Chantrell, Sir George Gilbert Scott, The Builder magazine, Wombwells Menagerie
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