A 2000 B.C. Egyptian mummy to be restored in India

A 2000 B.C. Egyptian mummy to be restored in India

Posted by John P. Bradford // December 28, 2016

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The mummy returns, this time in India.

An Egyptian mummy from 4,000 years ago will be restored in the eastern city of Kolkata, the Times of India reported Monday.

Housed within the Indian Museum, the countrys largest and oldest museum, this mummy was brought to Kolkata by an Englishman in 1882, and continues to be among the most enduring attractions of the venue.

Incidentally, India is one of the few countries outside Europe and America that houses Egyptian mummies in six museums across six cities.

Though the mummy is well-preserved in an “insulated cabinet”, experts will assess the conservation facilities going ahead, at the same time giving the museum’s Egyptian Gallery section a much-needed face-lift.

For the restoration project, the Indian Museum will collaborate with Lucknows National Research Laboratory For Conservation Of Cultural Property and Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum.

The latter has helped restore a 4,500-year-old mummy this year from the State Museum in the southern city of Hyderabad.

Indian Museum director told TOI, “The mummy rests inside an insulated cabinet which has a micro-climate of its own. It is in no way exposed to the atmosphere. But the gallery needs to be repaired for it had been left out of the bicentenary renovation work two years ago.”

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