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Fall Brings a Visitor From the Past to the Evansville Museum: the Child Mummy
| Date: | Tuesday November 10, 2009 |
| Time: | All Day |
| Repeat: | This event repeats every day until Sunday November 29, 2009. |
| Type: | Appointment
(Public)
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| Location: | Evansville Museum, Riverside Dr, EVV |
Fall Brings a Visitor From the Past to the Evansville Museum
Few artifacts are as mysterious and captivating as Egyptian mummies, and Museum guests will soon have an opportunity to view one. THE CHILD MUMMY, brought to Evansville under a special arrangement with the St. Louis Science Center, will be on display October 27 - November 29, 2009. This exhibition is presented in partnership with the BARBARA EARLY VREELAND TRUST.
The St. Louis Science Center worked closely with an internationally known anthropologist from Florida State University and a mummy specialist at The American University in Cairo, Egypt to study The Child Mummy. Their investigation revealed that the mummy is a boy who died at about seven to eight months old. He probably lived during the period of 40 BC to 130 AD, and was likely from an upper middle class or wealthy family since mummification was expensive. |
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