mummy

Mummy of Nesperennub, 22nd Dynasty (about 800 BC), from Thebes. Human tissue, linen, cartonnage, wood.

Under wraps: VMFA has bodies in the basement

A small pewter lion reclines on my desk. It’s a souvenir from the British Museum’s traveling exhibition, “The Treasures of Tutankhamun,” which sparked Egypt-o-mania across the U.S. during the late ‘70s. Remember Steve Martin’s “King Tut” song? (Too young? Wa

'Child Mummy Sacrifice' airs

Filmmaker and occasional Crozet resident Rick Preve co-produces Child Mummy Sacrifice, the story of three perfectly preserved, 500-year-old mummies found on a South American volcano.
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