When you think of royal Egyptian mummies, the name Mumab probably does not come to mind. And to be certain, Mumab did not begin as royalty, at least as far as we know. When he first appears in our story he is simply the cadaver of a Baltimore man in his 70’s who had donated his body to science before passing away. When he filled out his donor card he was probably unaware that he would ultimately become the first human being to receive a royal Egyptian mummification in over 2,000 years and the benchmark against which actual royal mummies would be compared.