The National Museum of Brazil collections include an exhibition of mummies from South American and Egyptian civilizations.[1]
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The current status of the collection is unknown after the fire that destroyed the museum in 2018.
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Mummified human male head | Egypt | 1550-1070 B.C. | New Kingdom. Male, 25-45 years. |
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Mummified head | Egypt | 1000 B.C. | Mummified head covered with black resin and wrapped with linen strips. |
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Coffin with mummified ibis | Egypt | c. 332 B.C. | Ptolemaic Period. |
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Coffin in the shape of a falcon with its mummy | Egypt | c. 665 B.C. | Late Period. |
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Coffin in the shape of a cat with its mummy | Egypt | c. 332 B.C. | Ptolemaic Period. |
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Mummified skull | Egypt | 1000 B.C. | Roman Period. |
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Fragment of mummy cartonnage | Egypt | c. 30 B.C. - 641 A.D | Roman Period. |
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Mummified cat | Egypt | 1st century B.C. | Roman Period. |
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Mummified cat | Egypt | c. 30 B.C. | Ptolemaic or Roman Period. |
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Mummy of Harsiese | Egypt | c. 1070-664 B.C. | Third Intermediate Period, XXI/XXVI Dynasties. |
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Mummy of a child | Egypt | c. 30 B.C. - 395 A.D. | Roman Period. |
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Mummy of a woman ("Princess Kherima") | Egypt | 1st-3rd centuries A.D. | Roman Period. |
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Mummified crocodiles | Egypt | c. 332-30 B.C. | Ptolemaic or Roman Period. |
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Mummified right foot | Egypt | 1000 B.C. | Roman Period. Right foot and part of leg, wrapped with thirteen strips of linen. |
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Mummified left foot | Egypt | 1000 B.C. | Roman Period. Left foot wrapped with linen strips covered with brown resin and piece of cartonnage with squared line motif, tied to the sole with strings, probably a sandal. |
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Sarcophagus of Sha-amun-en-su | Egypt | c. 750 B.C. | Third Intermediate Period, XXIII Dynasty. Destroyed in the 2018 fire. |
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Mummified boy | Chile | ||
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Atacama mummy | Chile | ||
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Mummified skull | Shuar | [2] | |
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Aymara mummy | Aymara people | Male, 30-40 years. | |
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Mummified woman |
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References
edit- ^ "Antropologia Biológica" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Cabeça mumificada" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 6 September 2018.