Mummy's the Word

 (A modern depiction  a mummy case, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Mummy Exhibit. More information from the Egyptian Study Society, http://www.egyptstudy.org)

Ever since childhood, when my elementary school class visited a museum with an ancient mummy exhibit, I've had a deep interest in mummies and the history that accompanies them.

So you can imagine how thrilling it was, on a recent vacation to Colorado, to discover an entire Egyptian mummy exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Two mummies there reflected the differences in class.

One mummy was a woman from a poor strata of society, another who was from a wealthy background.

 Part of the exhibit shows what one of the mummies may have actually looked like!  

Fascinating stuff!

It's always fascinating to see the cases in which the mummies are kept, too.

p.s. All of the photos and printing beneath some are directly of the Egyptian Mummy Exhibit at the museum, so many thanks to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science!

  It was an extremely fascinating exhibit.

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