Mar 22 2010
Fascinating Egyptian Mummies
Exhibition – From April 22nd to April 4th 2010
The theme of death in Ancient Egypt is treated in a particular manner through the discovery of mummies and funeral tombs, funerary rituals, mommification and the recent archeological search…
This exceptional and magnificent exhibition unveils much information about the Ancient Egyptians’s belief in the afterlife, the process of mummification and the eternal resting place, the tomb. This exceptional and magnificent exhibition unveils much information about the Ancient Egyptians’s belief in the afterlife, the process of mummification and the eternal resting place, the tomb.
Some 225 fabulous artefacts are presented as well as an authentic reproduction of Sennedjem’s funerary chamber. The exhibition is also the opportunity to show one of the most treasured actefact from one of the MusĂ©e de la civilisation’s collections – the SĂ©minaire de QuĂ©bec Foundation – the 3 500 years old Nen-Oun-Ef’s mummy which was scanned for the purpose of the exhibition and the results are displayed.
