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- Mummies From Graeco Roman Period In Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period. One of the caskets contained a badly decayed mummy with a golden...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- Egyptian Museum To Open New Mummy Showroom
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/10/eng20050810_201328.htmlThe Cairo-based Egyptian Museum of Antiquities will open soon a second showroom for displaying more mummies to attract more visitors from the world, the Egyptian Gazette daily reported Tuesday....
- Covering Mummies
The fine people at the Manchester Museum have covered their mummies out of respect apparently. I certainly agree with the repatriation of human remains that are not on display but that does not mean hiding them that means reburial. The mummies on display...
Egypt
Disputed mummies returned to SCA
Daily Star
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has received eight bird mummies, previously at display at the corporate office Al-Mahala Textile factory. In a press release sent to Daily News Egypt, The council announced the end of the dispute between the state-owned company and the council over the antiquities.See the above page for a photograph of the mummified remains.
Three of these mummies belong to bird-shaped god of wisdom, Djehuti, and the other five are identified with the god Horus, in the shape of a falcon, said Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the SCA. The mummies are estimated to date back to the late Ancient Egyptian era and the early Greco-Roman period. Since 1927, they have been at display at the corporate offices of Al Mahala Textiles.
Following an agreement between the ministers of culture and investment, the mummies have been transferred to the SCA. The SCA has agreed to provide the company with a replica of the collection to replace the genuine one, which is currently at display at the Egyptian Museum.
- Mummies From Graeco Roman Period In Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period. One of the caskets contained a badly decayed mummy with a golden...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- Egyptian Museum To Open New Mummy Showroom
http://english.people.com.cn/200508/10/eng20050810_201328.htmlThe Cairo-based Egyptian Museum of Antiquities will open soon a second showroom for displaying more mummies to attract more visitors from the world, the Egyptian Gazette daily reported Tuesday....
- Covering Mummies
The fine people at the Manchester Museum have covered their mummies out of respect apparently. I certainly agree with the repatriation of human remains that are not on display but that does not mean hiding them that means reburial. The mummies on display...