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Há 4 dias · The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
2 de jul. de 2024 · Mummification was (and in some places and certain cases still is) practiced in many parts of the world. The intentional preservation of the body is best known from the ancient Egyptian culture, but mummies have been found all over the world.
2 de jul. de 2024 · This example purports to the mummy of a child. Forged mummies were made from debris from ancient tombs. They contain fragments of bodies and wrappings, adorned with authentic cartonnage and enclosed in boxes made from pieces of wooden coffins. From Saqqara, Egypt, 18th century CE. The British Museum, London.
18 de jun. de 2024 · British Museum, in London, comprehensive national museum with particularly outstanding holdings in archaeology and ethnography. Among its most famous pieces are the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and treasures from the ship burial found at Sutton Hoo.
26 de jun. de 2024 · The British Museum holds a huge collection of preserved mummies. Its collection of mummies is one of the largest outside of Egypt! On display, you can find not only mummies but also coffins, funerary masks, portraits, and other items designed to be buried with the deceased.
29 de jun. de 2024 · The British Museum contains thousands of important artefacts – objects of special historical interest, including ancient Egyptian mummies, an Aztec serpent, and the Rosetta Stone.
24 de jun. de 2024 · For decades, museums around the world have proudly displayed the mummified remains, body parts and other treasures from the raided tombs of Ancient Egypt. Visitors fascinated by the ancient world were given the opportunity to glimpse thousands of years into the past.
