Mummification (“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day)

Mummification (“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day)

A spoof on the Time of your Life song by Green Day, explaining mummification and its purpose for the ancient Egyptians. Mummification equals immortality Your brain’s pulled …

Bob Brier, “Mummification: Resurrection of a Lost Art”

Bob Brier, “Mummification: Resurrection of a Lost Art”

This 2009 Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery Lecture was given by Egyptologist Robert Brier, one of the world’s foremost experts on mummies. As Senior Research Fellow …

King Tut Exhibit at the Egyptian Museum: Canopic Shrine

King Tut Exhibit at the Egyptian Museum: Canopic Shrine

Dr Janice Kamrin takes us on a trip through the Egyptian Museum, Cairo and shows the spectacular Canopic Shrine – a golden and intricately decorated …

The Mummification Process

The Mummification Process

The ancient Egyptians developed a sophisticated method to preserve a dead body for the afterlife: mummification. First, the internal organs were removed and all moisture …