Mummy of Tamut (detail), Third Intermediate Period, early 22nd Dynasty, about 900 BCE. EA 22939. © The Trustees of the British Museum
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Sherbrooke West Street
Montreal, Quebec
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is honoured to welcome six mummies from ancient Egypt as it hosts the North American premiere of “Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives,” an exhibition combining arts and science based on research undertaken by the British Museum.
Curated by Marie Vandenbeusch, Project Curator, and Daniel Antoine, Assistant Keeper and Curator of Bioarchaeology, in the Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum. Laura Vigo, Curator of Archaeology and Asian Art, MMFA, curated the Montreal presentation.
