Priestess of Amun: A Virtual Unwrapping


	Priestess of Amun: A Virtual Unwrapping
JohnWaterman
2-11-2009 12:50 PM
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2-13-2009 1:37 PM
BartendingBear
A clipper's masterpiece, John. Kudos!
2-13-2009 1:43 PM
JohnWaterman
Thanks BB, but it was really an easy one; the links to the videos are on the page clipped, so it is all there on one page.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1db8824d-70f6-4c7f-bf49-e3af42530975/619A61A9-3503-4282-80A3-8A06CB3532C6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/" href="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.archaeology.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.archaeology.org/img/89B347FF-762D-469C-BA28-12DBC7EC0D6C" alt="[image]" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD valign="center" align="center"><IMG class="PopBoxImageSmall" pbcaption="Photo: Anna Ressman/Oriental Institute" pbsrc="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy1.jpg" src="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy1.gif" alt="[image]" id="id5577280655624174" />
</TD><TD valign="center" align="center"><IMG class="PopBoxImageSmall" pbcaption="Photo: University of Chicago" pbsrc="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy2.jpg" src="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy2.gif" alt="[image]" id="id07377608104713107" />
</TD><TD valign="center" align="center"><IMG class="PopBoxImageSmall" pbcaption="Photo: University of Chicago" pbsrc="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy3.jpg" src="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/mummy3.gif" alt="[image]" id="id6027332455501814" />
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<P><A href="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/herlife.html"><IMG hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/images/home5.gif" alt="[image]" id="id7148099368288341" /><B>The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt</B></A><BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/meresamun/"><P>
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