A rare 2,800-year-old Egyptian mummy’s head brought to the UK by a British soldier during World War I is up for sale at an auction, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported. The head remained in the possession of the family of the soldier for a century, where it was kept under a glass dome for safekeeping. “It’s very rare to see an Egyptian mummy head from the ancient world at public auction, particularly a piece with such superb preservation,” Matthew Hull, who specializes in the Swan Fine Art auction, said. The head for sale was mummified during the Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt 1070-664 BC. While the Egyptian pharaohs were mummified and buried in elaborate tombs, members of the nobility and officials often received the same treatment.
