Thought to be the first Egyptian mummy to reach Northern Ireland, according to
The University of Manchester “there is a rich history of testing Takabuti since she was first unwrapped in Belfast in 1835,” as part of the mummy trade that followed the Napoleonic Wars. The hieroglyphs on her painted coffin provided experts with several clues as to her identity, namely that she was called Takabuti, lived in Thebes and was the wife or mistress of a noble. Takabuti is now housed at Ulster Museum in Belfast. 2,600 years after her death, advances in technology are allowing scientists to delve into her identity in new and unprecedented ways.
Takabuti was an Ancient Egyptian woman who suffered a grisly fate
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Researchers Expose Ancient Egyptian Woman s Brutal Murder at Hands of Axe-Wielding Man
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Clare: Can you tell us about your artistic background/education?
James: I’ve been making paintings and drawings since I was very young. I was always creatively inclined and aware of a certain sensitivity for these kinds of things. Though as I was growing up I wasn’t quite able to understand or appreciate the burgeoning compulsion I began to feel to make paintings. I think now looking back it has always been my default state to make images as a way of making sense of my experience of the world. But I think it can be hard for young people sometimes to recognise or articulate something so impactful within themselves in real-time. Particularly in the absence of clear way-markers or encountering an obvious mirrored reflection of what they’re experiencing. I was one of those young people I think.