Anatolia has been home to two groups of mummies - those of Christians from the Byzantine Era primarily found in the “Valley of Mummies”, and those of Turks, or Muslims, primarily found in tombs.
Although it is Ancient Egypt that dominates general mummy discourse, mummification was a widespread practice in several parts of the world.
In Turkiye, mummies can be found in museums and mausoleums, with those in museums preserved in special conditions that will further delay their decay, with special attention paid to temperature and humidity. Some 25 kilometres away from the Ihlara Valley is another Byzantine era church, namely the Canli Church.
A cat mummy from the Aksaray Museum, with its mouth, teeth, paws and claws preserved in excellent condition. “It was also observed that the mummies which date back to the 10th to 13th centuries AD were buried on their backs with their hands tied,” Cetin said. The exact reason as to why such a custom emerged is unknown.
For one, the bandaging of embalmed individuals was not part of the custom for Turks. Moreover, when the internal organs were removed during mummification, Turkic peoples buried these organs instead of preserving them in canopic jars as in Ancient Egypt. Examples of mummified Turk and Muslim individuals can be found at the local museum in Turkiye’s Amasya province, which had been respectively ruled by the Danishmendids, Seljuks, Ilkhanids, and Ottomans.
The museum even took on a project to depict what they used to look like when they were alive by having experts examine historic sources and the mummies’ features.
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