Uan Muhuggiag

Uan Muhuggiag (also: Wan Mughjaj, Uan Mugjaj (possibly as a false signature of: Muhjaj ), Wan Mahugag and Uan Muhuggiag ) is a place in the Libyan Sahara, and the name of the mummy of a little boy, the archaeologist and anthropologist Fabrizio Mori 1958 this place had (near the oasis town of Ghat ) in Tadrart Acacus, Fezzan, found. The mummy displays a highly sophisticated mummification technique. It is around 5500 years old and therefore older than any comparable Ancient Egyptian mummies. It is exhibited in Assaraya Alhamra Museum in Tripoli.

The Mummy comes from a culture of cattle herders, the large pastures vorfanden, because at this time the Sahara was a fertile savannah. Also possible links to later Egyptian culture could be produced after it was dog -headed human figures, similar to the Anubis, found as petroglyphs and ceramics in the southern Nile Valley.

Mori came across a cave that had signs that they had been taken at different times in fitting. The walls were painted with images of humans, animals and livestock and had scratched graffiti on. Since the cave floor was sandy and soft enough to dig into it, Mori took the rare opportunity to excavate the cave. Just below the surface, he was already a strange bunch. After careful investigation it turned out that it was the mummy of a child that was carefully packed in goatskin. His entrails were surrounded by weeds next to it, probably from the purpose of preservation.

It is believed that the child was at the time of his death about three years old. By means of 14C dating method, the mummy could be dated to 5400-5600 years.