Tomb of Isadora

Isadora was a wealthy woman who drowned in the Nile during the rule of Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161). Her tomb has few decorations but it does contain the unfortunate woman’s mummy, with her teeth, hair and fingernails clearly visible.

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