Unknown Mummy, 4,000 Years Old – Inside the Egyptian Museum Inside the galleries of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo stands a mysterious ancient Egyptian mummy — a body wrapped more than 4,000 years ago, whose name has been completely lost. When the coffin was discovered, it carried no inscriptions, no titles, and no royal cartouches to identify who this person once was. The mummy rests today in its original wooden coffin, still sealed with ancient linen, and still wrapped following the sacred funer