Conservation work on a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy is taking place at Durham University.

Specialists have been examining the body of the adult male at the university's oriental museum, before it goes on a year-long tour of Japan.

It was brought to the UK in the 1860s and has proved a popular attraction at the museum for many years.

Curator Craig Barclay said the mummy had what was believed to be one of the first examples of a prosthetic hand...

Egyptian mummy prepared for tour, BBC News, UK, September 29, 2007.