  |
|
|
  |
|
Wrapped in clear nylon, a mummy that museum curators here believe to be Rameses I, pharaoh of Egypt from 1293 BC to 1291 BC, is returning to Egypt after more than a century in the United States... |
|
|
|
| A Journey Back to Egypt for a Mummy thought to be a Pharaoh (October 2003) |
|
|
|
|
Dr. Zahi Hawass, general director of the Supreme Council on Antiquities in Egypt, accepted the remains on Friday as a gift from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University here. The museum bought the mummy in 1999 from a Niagara Falls freak-show collection. "American children will know that once upon a time a pharaoh was here, in Atlanta, and they gave it back to Egypt, without any conditions," Dr. Hawass said. "This is unique." Dr. Hawass has made it his mission to reclaim those ancient Egyptian artefacts that he said "have no parallel." The mummy will make a stop at the Cairo Museum before heading to its permanent home at the Luxor Museum... |
|
|
|
|
Articles from outside sources do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Wayfarer Online or its creators. (Please note, that from time to time some external links to outside news sources may have expired - our apologies for any inconvenience or email us and we'll endeavour to retrieve the article from our archives and send it on to you....) Wayfarer International, Copyright © John & Melody Anderson, 1997 - 2003. All rights reserved.
home | news | quicklinks | the great land | the real world | the not real world | the doing world |
|
