BIBLE HISTORY DAILY

Mummies of the World

California Science Center

700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

Dates: Beginning on July 1, 2010 and traveling around the U.S. for a three year tour.

A new traveling exhibition titled Mummies of the World, which features more than 150 preserved objects, will kick off its U.S. tour in Los Angeles at the California Science Center this summer. The collection will include ancient mummies and artifacts from Asia, Oceania, South America and Europe as well as ancient Egypt. In addition, the exhibition will feature accidental mummies—those that were preserved via natural events such as ice. The display will also include a gallery devoted to Egyptian antiquity containing specimens up to 8,500 years old.