Egypt
- Classical Department Displays 2,700-year-old Mummy
The Collegian, University of Richmond (Guv Callahan) Few students are aware that a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy has been the University of Richmond’s property for 133 years. The mummy, Tchai-Ameni-Newit, and her sarcophagus are on public display in...
- Ancient Mummies In Indiana
News Link Indiana 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...
- Hoosier Mummies Inspire Learning
Noblesville Daily Times Julia Meek Gaar was monied. And well-traveled. She was also philanthropic. So when she went to Egypt in February 1929 and bought a mummy from an antiquities dealer, she intended to ship it back to the Richmond historical society...
- Mummy Secrets Of The Tomb
Here we have a travelling American exhibition presented by the British Museum and opening in Richmond Virginia at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition will run from November 19, 2011 through to March 11, 2012 and display more than a hundred...
- The Mummy
A 2700 year old lady is on display in a glass sided drawer along with her coffin in a case above her. http://www.thecollegianur.com/2009/02/26/richmond%E2%80%99s-classical-department-displays-2700-year-old-mummy/...
Egypt
Ti Ameny Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science
University of Richmond Museums
With thanks to the Collecting Egypt blog for the link.
With thanks to the Collecting Egypt blog for the link.
The University of Richmond Museums presents Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science,on view from February 24 to November 16, 2012, in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. The exhibition celebrates the life of Ti-Ameny-Net, a woman who lived in Egypt in the 7th century BCE and whose mummy was donated to Richmond College in 1876 by Professor Jabez L. M. Curry. This exhibition features the mummy of Ti-Ameny-Net, her elaborately decorated wooden coffin, and a selection of Egyptian artifacts from the collections of the Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery of the Ancient World, Department of Classical Civilization, University of Richmond, and the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums.
Also on view are images and information based on modern scientific studies of the mummy conducted by University of Richmond undergraduate, Caroline Cobert, ’12, biology and classical civilization double major. The results of the studies are presented in the exhibition, along with some of the tools used in the scientific analyses and the three-dimensional CT (computerized tomography) images from Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.
- Classical Department Displays 2,700-year-old Mummy
The Collegian, University of Richmond (Guv Callahan) Few students are aware that a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy has been the University of Richmond’s property for 133 years. The mummy, Tchai-Ameni-Newit, and her sarcophagus are on public display in...
- Ancient Mummies In Indiana
News Link Indiana 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...
- Hoosier Mummies Inspire Learning
Noblesville Daily Times Julia Meek Gaar was monied. And well-traveled. She was also philanthropic. So when she went to Egypt in February 1929 and bought a mummy from an antiquities dealer, she intended to ship it back to the Richmond historical society...
- Mummy Secrets Of The Tomb
Here we have a travelling American exhibition presented by the British Museum and opening in Richmond Virginia at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition will run from November 19, 2011 through to March 11, 2012 and display more than a hundred...
- The Mummy
A 2700 year old lady is on display in a glass sided drawer along with her coffin in a case above her. http://www.thecollegianur.com/2009/02/26/richmond%E2%80%99s-classical-department-displays-2700-year-old-mummy/...