Egypt
Bonnie Sampsell wrote the excellent Travellers Guide to the Geology of Egypt, a review of which can be found on the Ancient Egypt Magazine website at:
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Egypt
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 Julia Meek Gaar, is one of the most beloved exhibits -- intriguing thousands of school children for decades.
The project to refurbish the exhibit and catalog the museum's Egyptian collection developed when Richmond native Bonnie M. Sampsell of Chapel Hill, N.C. -- who happens to have a passion for Egyptology -- came home to visit her mother, Gene McClelland.
After seeing the current exhibit and talking with museum executive director Jim Harlan, they developed a plan for her to renew and expand the exhibit, catalog the collection and do more research on the items in the collection."
The mummy, bought for the museum by its founder Julia Meek Gaar, is one of the most beloved exhibits -- intriguing thousands of school children for decades.
The project to refurbish the exhibit and catalog the museum's Egyptian collection developed when Richmond native Bonnie M. Sampsell of Chapel Hill, N.C. -- who happens to have a passion for Egyptology -- came home to visit her mother, Gene McClelland.
After seeing the current exhibit and talking with museum executive director Jim Harlan, they developed a plan for her to renew and expand the exhibit, catalog the collection and do more research on the items in the collection."
Bonnie Sampsell wrote the excellent Travellers Guide to the Geology of Egypt, a review of which can be found on the Ancient Egypt Magazine website at:
http://www.ancientegyptmagazine.com/reviews30.htm
- 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...
- 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...
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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...