Mummy part of new exhibition to open at Emory

A 4,000-year-old mummy is part of a new exhibition about to open at Emory University’s Carlos Museum.

The exhibition is called “Life and Death in the Pyramid Age-The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy.”

Conservators at the museum finished their restoration work Wednesday and the mummy is ready for display.

Emory University professor William Shelton bought the mummy and what was left of his wooden coffin in 1920.

The mummy is the only “old kingdom” mummy in the Americas, and the oldest in North America. The exhibition will showcase the medical and scientific examinations used on the mummy along with the efforts it took to restore the mummy.

The mummy dates back to when Egyptians were just learning the art.

He is also from the time the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza were built.

Many objects relating to the mummy and his times are also part of the new exhibition. Some have never been displayed before to the public.

“Life and Death in the Pyramid Age-The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy” will be on view from Sept. 10 through Dec. 11.

Channel 2 is working on a half-hour special featuring the mummy’s restoration and significance.