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Egypt
Ancient mummies in Indiana
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As of this Thursday, there are currently three "mummies" in Indiana, two of which are in Richmond.
One of them rests at the Wayne County Historical Museum. The building itself dates back to 1865 and was founded by Julia Meek Gaar.
Gaar was a world traveler from one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Richmond. She was always especially interested in collecting ancient items from around the world. Executive Director of the Wayne County Historical Museum says Gaar bought the mummy in 1929. She had it shipped to Richmond and it arrived here in January 1930. But it took 11 years to cut through the red tape to get it released by the Egyptian government.
“And the story is that back in the Victorian times the late 1800s a lot of tourists did buy mummies and they shipped them back as really souvenirs. The Egyptian government decided they wanted to bring that to a halt. And so they stopped letting the mummies leave Egypt in 1929,” says Harlan.
- In The Lab
Unravelling two tales of two mummies pal-item.com Rachel E. Sheeley On a day when children costumed as mummies go trick-or-treating, it's appropriate that new information has been acquired and new conservation efforts made for the only two Egyptian...
- Reconstructed Face Gets Ready For Big Debut Sunday
pal-item.com Since the mummy joined the Wayne County Historical Museum collection nearly 80 years ago, children and adults have imagined the life of the person buried inside the sarcophagus. Advertisement Was the mummy a man? A woman? Recent efforts have...
- Wayne County Historical Museum's Mummy Gets Reconstructed By Forensic Artist
pal-item.com The face of the Wayne County Historical Museum's mummy hasn't been seen for thousands of years, but soon area residents will be able to watch as a forensic artist reconstructs its features. Brenda Robertson Stewart is an Indianapolis...
- Wayne County Historical Museum Mummy
http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/NEWS01/704140303"There are still mysteries, but Bonnie M. Sampsell has been a super sleuth, helping the Wayne County Historical Museum answer many questions about its mummy and its Egyptian collection....
- Wayne County Historical Museum Exhibit Expanded
http://tinyurl.com/g88xl (pal-item.com)"In a journey of discovery much like opening an Egyptian tomb, work has begun to refurbish the exhibit that surrounds the mummy at the Wayne County Historical Museum. The mummy, bought for the museum by its founder...