Coffin and Mummy Board of Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet. Egypt, from Thebes. Third Intermediate Period, circa 1070–945 B.C.E. Wood, painted, 76 3/8 x 21 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (194 x 55 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.2a–c
Long-Term Installation
Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
This installation of more than 170 objects from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-famous holdings of ancient Egyptian material explores the complex rituals related to the practice of mummification and the Egyptian belief that the body must be preserved in order to ensure eternal life. On view are the mummy of the priest Thothirdes; the mummy of Hor, encased in an elaborately painted cartonnage; and a nearly twenty-five-foot-long Book of the Dead scroll. Also in the installation are canopic jars, used to store the vital organs of mummies, as well as several shabties, small figurines placed in tombs, each of which was assigned to work magically for the deceased in the afterlife. The installation includes related objects, among them stelae, reliefs, gold earrings, amulets, ritual statuettes, coffins, and mummy boards.
The Mummy Chamber is organized by Edward Bleiberg, Curator of Egyptian Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
The exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Leon Levy Foundation and the Museum’s Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.
Media
Mummy Interactive
Go under the mummy wrappings and view videos of curators and conservators talking about the exhibition.
Talk
Visitor comments
The Egyptians put so much care into sending their love ones into the afterlife. I hope my kids do the same for me.
I love ancient art so much--it's indescribably powerful to envision these artists thousands of years ago, standing in the same locations (relative to the viewer), shaping stone into religious and cultural icons.
Mummyficent! Spectacular the human endeavors in their search for permanence in a world were everything changes very minute. Thank you for this exhibit.
This thing is awesome and very informative. I learned a lot coming to this section of the Museum. In the mummy chamber i was able to see what the mummies were in cased in. There was also the book of the dead which was pretty amazing. Something staying intact for that long is pretty incredible, that thing must have been about 3000 years old. I didn't really know about anything egyptians besides their gods. But now I know about what they did to there dead people. I am happy I came here.
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