The British museum, The mummy of Ginger

The most famous mummy in the Egyptian collection of the British museum is the one  known as Ginger. Ginger's mummy is the oldest among discovered mummies  of ancient Egypt as it goes back to 3200 B.C and dates back to the predynastic era. A collection of Predynastic mummies were discovered, some of that collection were naturally preserved while some were artificially preserved. Ginger belongs to the fetal- mummy type as it was buried in a  shape of fetus while in his mother's womb. In the early believes of prehistoric Egypt, the earth was believed to be a female / mother goddess and that can explain why the early mummies took that shape.Museumegypt.2006.All rights reserved.