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Mystery of the Black Mummy - Ancient Civilizations.

In 1958, an Italian archaeologist discovered the mummified remains of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy in a cave in southwestern Libya. But this was a mummy with a difference: it was far older than any comparable examples found in Egypt.

The mummy of a young boy, Uan Muhuggiag was destined for controversy. He was older than any comparable Egyptian mummy and his mere existence challenged the very idea that Egyptians were the first in the region to mummify their dead. Uan Muhuggiag was no one off. The sophistication of his mummification suggested he was the result of a long tradition of mummification.

The discovery raised some profound questions. Who were the ancient inhabitants of the Sahara Desert who put the mummy there? And what influence might those people have had on the glittering civilization that later emerged in the land of the pharaohs?

This fascinating film follows Italian professor Savino di Lernia and his colleagues on a trek through the Sahara in the search for answers — a journey that leads to some astounding conclusions.

This is fascinating and I wonder if we are going to have to wait another 30 or some odd years to find out who was responsible for the mummification of this young child. Must we start rewriting our history books now because as far as the world is concerned, the Egyptians were the ones who discovered mummification? Oh and note, how the narrator does not describe Egyptians as a “black” people. The mummy is “black” based on the size of his head and nose but no, not Egyptians. The narrator says: