Egypt
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Egypt
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 among the seven mummies in Indian museums.
But call it red-tapism or ‘indifferent’ attitude of the Gujarat government, the state never bothered to look into the matter and approach the Egyptian Embassy to preserve the mummy. It was Sayajirao Gaekwad III who purchased the mummy from New York in 1895 for 175 dollars.
In 1999, the BMPG authorities had organised a workshop in which experts from Egypt and India took part. A physical verification of the mummy was done at the workshop, as it is kept in a wooden and glass chamber.
"At the end of the exercise, the findings were startling. We were categorically told by the experts that there was a dire need to change the chamber because the old chamber was not protecting the mummy, as dust particles, humidity and oxygen entered the chamber. This has resulted into formation of specific fungus, which is dangerous for the mummy," said an official who was part of the team.
See the above page for more.
- 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...
- More Re Saqqara Mummy Discovery
World Bulletin The identity of the main mummy found in the tomb was not known, but Hawass said he would have been wealthy. The lid of his sarcophagus was cracked, but Hawass said it had been sealed with mortar in antiquity, preserving the mummy. "If...
- The Mummy On The Boat
In the summer 2012 issue of KMT magazine we find on pages 34 and 35 images recently found in Milan's Egyptology archives. One photograph of the mummy on the boat found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of Kings, KV35 displays the position...
- The Mummy Chamber
There is no news these days so I figured it was time for some fun and found myself in the Brooklyn museum's "Mummy Chamber". The chamber contains everything you would expect to find in such a place including an interactive section where you can look...
- The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...