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according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/44403-christian-mummy-thigh-tattoo.html\" target=\"_hplink\">Live Science.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first example of a tattoo on a Sudanese mummy from the medieval period,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/about_us\/departments\/staff\/ancient_egypt_and_sudan\/daniel_antoine.aspx\" target=\"_hplink\">Daniel Antoine<\/a>, the curator of physical anthropology at the British Museum, told<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/museums\/10717154\/1300-year-old-mummy-and-her-intimate-tattoo.html\" target=\"_hplink\">\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a>. &#8220;And the tattoo itself is remarkable because it&#8217;s actually a monogram, which is the letters for the word &#8216;Michael&#8217; in Greek compressed into a symbol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tattoo\" src=\"http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1703399\/thumbs\/o-TATTOO-570.jpg?1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The tattoo 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We have engravings, and graffiti on some of the medieval churches, from that part of the Nile Valley. So this is truly a unique and remarkable find.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"monogram\" src=\"http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1703407\/thumbs\/o-MONOGRAM-570.jpg?5\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The tattoo in contrast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The woman is believed to have been between 20 and 35 years of age when she died, and was buried simply, wrapped in linen and woolen cloth. The hot, dry climate naturally preserved her body.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mummy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1703416\/thumbs\/o-MUMMY-570.jpg?6\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The letters on her inner thigh spell out M-I-X-A-H-A, which is &#8220;Michael&#8221; in ancient Greek. 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