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Fine ceramics, such as this double-spouted jar with the face of a jaguar, were often buried with the dead mummies in Ancient Egypt.
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Fine ceramics, such as this double-spouted jar with the face of a jaguar, were often buried with the dead mummies in Ancient Egypt.
Read more »©2015 The Field Museum, photographer John Weinstein
Mummies is co-curated by David Hurst Thomas, curator of North American Archaeology in the Division of Anthropology and John J. Flynn, Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals in the Division of Paleontology.
Mummies was developed by The Field Museum, Chicago.
The Museum gratefully acknowledges the Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and Education Fund.
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Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Schaffner Family and the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.
Egyptian mummies were prepared using a detailed process that included removing many of the internal organs, desiccating the body in a drying salt, and wrapping the preserved body in linen before placing it in a wooden coffin.
Coffin #30023 dates back to the late 25th Dynasty or early 26th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, (approximately 700–600 BC).
©2015 The Field Museum, photographer John Weinstein
Egyptian mummies were prepared using a detailed process that included removing many of the internal organs, desiccating the body in a drying salt, and wrapping the preserved body in linen before placing it in a wooden coffin.
Coffin #30023 dates back to the late 25th Dynasty or early 26th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, (approximately 700–600 BC).
©2015 The Field Museum, photographer John Weinstein
Discover when, how, and why ancient Egyptians and Peruvians were mummified and find out who they were in life. This show features an up-close look at rarely-exhibited mummies as well as interactive touch tables, rare artifacts, and cutting-edge imaging.
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