Mummification Museum

Mummification Museum
The Mummification Museum is dedicated to the art of Ancient Egyptian mummification. It is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor. It stands on the corniche, in front of the Mina Palace Hotel, to the north of Luxor Temple, overlooking the River Nile. The museum is intended to provide visitors with an understanding of the ancient art of mummification. The Ancient Egyptians applied embalming techniques to many species, not only to dead humans. Mummies of cats, fish and crocodiles are on display in this unique museum, where one can also get an idea of the tools used.

The museum covers an area of 2035 m² and contains the following elements: Hall of artifacts, Lecture hall, Video room and Cafeteria. The hall of artifacts is divided into two parts, the first one is ascended corridor through which the visitor could have a look on ten tablets were drawn from the papyri of Ani and Hu-nefer that displayed in the British Museum in London. Most of these tablets throw lights on the funeral journey from death to burial. The second part of the museum began from the end of the corridor and the visitor could see more than sixty pieces, which are displayed in 19 well-advanced cases.

In those 19 display cases, the artefacts are concentrated on eleven topics: Gods of ancient Egypt, Embalming materials, Organic materials, Embalming fluid, Tools of mummification, Canopic jars, Ushabtis, Amulets, Coffin of Padiamun, Mummy of Masaherta and Mummified animals.

The ancient Egyptians imagined the underground world of the dead, where Osiris dwelt, though this actually changed over time. From very early times, they protected the afterlife of the dead by mummification, offerings, writing the name of the deceased and utterances in their calls.
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  • 83 A Haroun El-Rashid Street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

  • Email:

    [email protected]

  • Phone:

    02/ 27798052 -- 03/ 4944402

  • Fax:

    02/ 27798051 -- 03/ 4944415

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