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Archaeologists Uncover Largest Trove of Mummification Materials in Egypt

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

“It is probably the largest complex and undisturbed find of its kind originating from ancient Egypt,” said Mohamed Megahed, head of the archaeological mission.

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Humanizing a Museum’s Ancient Mummies

by Allison Meier May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

“The story of mummification begins with a person’s death,” starts the Mummies exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Comparing the Afterlives of Peruvian and Egyptian Mummies

by Allison Meier September 10, 2015September 12, 2015

Chicago’s Field Museum is touring its mummies for the first time, and their inaugural stop is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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British Scientists Find Trove of Animal Mummies with No Bones

by Laura C. Mallonee May 20, 2015May 20, 2015

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies.

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