Multiple choice general knowledge history

What is the name of the earliest known mummy?

  1. Rameses I

  2. Meresamun

  3. Ginger

  4. El-Amra
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Explanation

The earliest known Egyptian mummy is nicknamed 'Ginger' due to his red hair, dating to approximately 3400 BCE (Predynastic period). This mummy was naturally preserved by the hot desert sand at Gebelein, not intentionally mummified. It predates the earliest intentional mummification by over 1,000 years and is now in the British Museum.

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