Taxi Driver Mummified

Alan Billis, a sixty year old taxi driver, has been mummified using the techniques utilized by the ancient Egyptians. Prior to his death, Billis volunteered to have his body mummified by a team of experts at Sherffield’s Medico Legal Centre.

Renowned forensic pathologist Professor Peter Vanezis and his team mummified Billis’ body using a multi-step process. The entire mummification process was filmed and will be shown on Channel 4 on Monday as a documentary entitled Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret. Billis’ mummy will stay at Medico Legal Centre for further study.

Prior to his death, Billis joked with his wife that he would be Tutanalan instead of Tutanhkamun.

See Mike Swain, Mummifying Alan: Taxi Driver Alan Billis from Torquay Made into a Mummy like Tutankhamun after Volunteering His Body, Daily Mirror, Oct. 18, 2011.