Egypt
Lost Egypt
With photograph.
- Reading Public Museum's Mummy Reunited With Mask
bctv.org After 82 years, the Reading Public Museum's resident 2,300 year-old mummy, Nefrina, will come face-to-face with her funerary mask when it is on public display in The Museum's Ancient Civilizations Gallery beginning January 19. The cartonnage...
- Meeting Annie
COSI's Lost Egypt (Kate) Our conservator, Mimi LeVeque, and I met at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Monday to finish conservation of the mummy for Lost Egypt, nicknamed “Annie.” The Academy staff was very helpful, and set us up behind their...
- More Re Philadelphia Mummy Restoration
Lost Egypt More re the restoration of the Philadelphia mummy. Lots of photographs accompany this post. The mummy was removed from its case on Friday, October 24, a rare treat for that day’s visitors. Second graders from the Broad Street School in Bridgeton,...
- Exhibition: Crowding At Tutankhamun In Philadelphia
Jaunted A short but clearly stated rebuke to the Franklin Institute about crowds at the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Franlklin Institute. This is a cautionary tale: Last week we went to Philadelphia's Franklin Institute to check out the traveling...
- Conserving Mummy
A very short article with a nice picture of the mummy's Ptolemaic mask. http://lostegypt.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-academy-of-natural-sciences/...
Egypt
Conservation of mummy from Philadelphia museum
Lost Egypt
With photograph.
This week we begin conservation on the mummy that will be on display in Lost Egypt, on loan to us by the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The mummy is of a girl approximately 14-18 years old, who lived in Egypt 2,300 years ago.
John Shaw, COSI’s Traveling Exhibit Manager, Josh, and I visited the Academy last week while we were in Philadelphia for the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) conference. We saw the mummy on display – she has a beautiful cartonnage mask.
We will be posting regular updates in the next few weeks as the conservation progresses!
- Reading Public Museum's Mummy Reunited With Mask
bctv.org After 82 years, the Reading Public Museum's resident 2,300 year-old mummy, Nefrina, will come face-to-face with her funerary mask when it is on public display in The Museum's Ancient Civilizations Gallery beginning January 19. The cartonnage...
- Meeting Annie
COSI's Lost Egypt (Kate) Our conservator, Mimi LeVeque, and I met at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Monday to finish conservation of the mummy for Lost Egypt, nicknamed “Annie.” The Academy staff was very helpful, and set us up behind their...
- More Re Philadelphia Mummy Restoration
Lost Egypt More re the restoration of the Philadelphia mummy. Lots of photographs accompany this post. The mummy was removed from its case on Friday, October 24, a rare treat for that day’s visitors. Second graders from the Broad Street School in Bridgeton,...
- Exhibition: Crowding At Tutankhamun In Philadelphia
Jaunted A short but clearly stated rebuke to the Franklin Institute about crowds at the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Franlklin Institute. This is a cautionary tale: Last week we went to Philadelphia's Franklin Institute to check out the traveling...
- Conserving Mummy
A very short article with a nice picture of the mummy's Ptolemaic mask. http://lostegypt.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-academy-of-natural-sciences/...