Exhibitions

The Mummy Chamber

Ongoing
    Coffin and Mummy Board of Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet. Egypt, from Thebes. Third Intermediate Period, circa 1070–945 B.C.E. Wood, painted, 763⁄8 x 215⁄8 x 125⁄8 in. (194 × 55 × 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.2a–c
    Mummy of Thothirdes. Egypt, probably from Thebes. Late Period, Dynasty 26, circa 664–525 B.C.E. Linen, organic materials, 16 × 101⁄4 x 61 in. (40.6 × 26 × 154.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1521Ec
    Cartonnage and Mummy of the Priest, Hor. Egypt, from Thebes. Third Intermediate Period, second half of Dynasty 25, circa 712–664 B.C.E. Painted linen and gesso, organic materials, 70 × 15 × 181⁄2 in. (177.8 × 38.1 × 47 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.50E
    Cartonnage and Mummy of an Anonymous Man. Egypt, excavated in Deir el Bahri. Roman Period, 3rd century C.E. Linen, plaster, paint, organic materials; cartonnage: 131⁄4 x 357⁄16 in. (33.7 × 90 cm); mummy, approximately: 8 × 20 × 62 in. (20.3 × 50.8 × 157.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.128a–e
    Cartonnage and Mummy of Gautseshenu. Egypt, probably from Thebes. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 25 to 26, circa 700–650 B.C.E. Linen, paint, gesso, organic materials; 643⁄16 x 1415⁄16 x 111⁄2 in. (163 × 38 × 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1223
    Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose. Egypt, from Saqqara. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, probably reign of Thutmose III to reign of Amunhotep II (circa 1479–1400 B.C.E.). Papyrus, ink, pigment, 14 × 2882⁄3 in. (35.6 × 733.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1777E
    Mummy Bandage of Ii-em-hetep, Born of Ta-remetj-hepu. Provenance not known. Ptolemaic Period or later, 332 B.C.E.–1st century C.E. Linen, ink, 39⁄16 x 399⁄16 in. (9 × 100.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2039.21E

    NOTE: Our Ancient Egyptian Art galleries will be closed July 28–30 and August 4–6. We apologize for any inconvenience.

    This installation of more than 170 objects from our 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, Brooklyn Museum.

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    The exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Leon Levy Foundation and the Museum’s Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.

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    Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

    Media

    See what it was like to take the mummies to be CT scanned and find out what we learned about the Mummy of Hor.

    Watch conservators rewrap a mummy for this installation.

    Curators and conservators work to repair a 3,000-year-old Egyptian Book of the Dead.