Egypt
Times of India (Neha Shuckla)
- In The Lab: Albany Mummies
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- Mummy Facing Up To More Scrutiny
Otago Daily Times However the Otago Museum's bandage-swathed mummy may have looked 2300 years ago, it certainly wasn't like film star Elizabeth Taylor. But Taylor's memorable portrayal of Cleopatra in the movie of the same name has left its...
- Battle For Oxygen-free Chamber
Express India It was a decade ago when national and international experts, who had come to Vadodara, felt the need to keep the mummy at Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery (BMPG) in an oxygen-free glass chamber. The matter assumes significance, as it is...
- 2,278-yr-old Mummy Dying A Slow Death
Times of India (Prakash Bhandari) Thanks very much to Noreen Doyle for forwarding me the above link. It is a 2,278-year-old mummy of an Egyptian priestess and decaying fast at the city's Albert Hall Museum. Displayed in a glass case, it is a key attraction...
- He's No Tennessean
http://tinyurl.com/avnwh "Amid displays about Antebellum Nashville and how the state Capitol was built, the Tennessee State Museum features a haunting exhibit: A 3,600-year-old Egyptian mummy. Visitors strolling through the museum might find the mummy...
Egypt
3,000-yr-old mummy crying for attention
Times of India (Neha Shuckla)
The state museum's 3,000-year-old mummy, one of the six in the country, is wearing off.
The chipped off outer peel of the mummy's skull is for everyone to see. The curious onlookers might wonder at the sight of a lock of hair visible from outside the glass-case that contains the mummy while few would try hard to pry if it is a shred of unwrapped linen.
The museum authorities, however, deny any such thing. "It's not wearing off," said Rakesh Tiwari, acting director of the museum.
The curators maintain that it was always like this. But this doesn't deny the mummy's need for restoration. It's the mummy of a 13-year-old girl with unwrapped toe in one of the feet.
The Lucknow museum had purchased it in 1952 from a UK national, J J E Potter. But after all these years, the frayed edges of its cotton bandage might be unwrapping. The environmental factors like humidity, temperature, light and pollution are gradually affecting the preservation of this mummy.
- In The Lab: Albany Mummies
Legislative Gazette Modern technology and ongoing research have unraveled mysteries about the two "Albany Mummies" that have been on display since 1909 at the Albany Institute of History and Art. To celebrate this 100 year milestone, the institute will...
- Mummy Facing Up To More Scrutiny
Otago Daily Times However the Otago Museum's bandage-swathed mummy may have looked 2300 years ago, it certainly wasn't like film star Elizabeth Taylor. But Taylor's memorable portrayal of Cleopatra in the movie of the same name has left its...
- Battle For Oxygen-free Chamber
Express India It was a decade ago when national and international experts, who had come to Vadodara, felt the need to keep the mummy at Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery (BMPG) in an oxygen-free glass chamber. The matter assumes significance, as it is...
- 2,278-yr-old Mummy Dying A Slow Death
Times of India (Prakash Bhandari) Thanks very much to Noreen Doyle for forwarding me the above link. It is a 2,278-year-old mummy of an Egyptian priestess and decaying fast at the city's Albert Hall Museum. Displayed in a glass case, it is a key attraction...
- He's No Tennessean
http://tinyurl.com/avnwh "Amid displays about Antebellum Nashville and how the state Capitol was built, the Tennessee State Museum features a haunting exhibit: A 3,600-year-old Egyptian mummy. Visitors strolling through the museum might find the mummy...