Gravediggers of the Great Oasis in Egypt
mummification, embalming, and aspects of burial rituals
A rare and intimate view of a marginalised professional group whose lives, preserved on papyrus for nearly two millennia, can now be rediscovered through the Bodleian’s collections: Living on the margins: gravedigger families in Bodleian papyri from 1,800 years ago.
Read more at The Bodleian Conveyor —News about medieval manuscripts, rare books and other special collections from the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford.