What are the demographics of Egyptian mummies?

This depends on whether you count natural mummies or only mummies that were intentionally created through embalming. read more

Egypt has a long and involved demographic history. This is partly due to the territory's geographical location at the crossroads of several major cultural areas: Northeast Africa, the Maghreb, the Sahara, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. In addition, Egypt has experienced several invasions during its long history, including by the Canaanites, the Ancient Libyans, the Assyrians, the Kushites, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs. read more

If you include natural mummies, the demographics of mummy creation in Egypt probably track pretty closely to the demographics of living people at a given time in history because even a basic burial of a penniless person in the desert was likely to result in the desiccation and preservation of a body. read more