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Tissue sampling operation of an Egyptian mummy at the Georges Labit museum on March 03, 2009 in Toulouse, France

GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A low angle view of the museum entrance on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. Founded by Georges Labit in the 19th century, the museum is housed in a moorish building near the Canal du Midi (French Midi Canal) and preserves the most important collection of Asian Art after the Guimet Museum in Paris. Since 1949, it also preserves an Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. The mysterious mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)

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Contained in galleries: Tissue Sampling Operation Egyptian Mummy (March 09)

GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A low angle view of the museum entrance on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. Founded by Georges Labit in the 19th century, the museum is housed in a moorish building near the Canal du Midi (French Midi Canal) and preserves the most important collection of Asian Art after the Guimet Museum in Paris. Since 1949, it also preserves an Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. The mysterious mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)