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The Mummification Museum is located in the Egyptian city of Luxor. It stands on
the corniche, in front of the Mina Palace Hotel, to the north of Luxor Temple,
overlooking the River Nile.
The museum is intended to provide visitors with an understanding of the ancient
art of mummification. The Ancient Egyptians applied embalming techniques to many
species, not only to dead humans. Mummies of cats, fish and crocodiles are on
display in this unique museum, where one can also get an idea of the tools used.
The story of this museum began when the Egyptian president decreed that the
responsibility for the former visitor centre building was to be transferred from
the tourism ministry to that of culture (and, specifically, the Supreme Council
of Antiquities). President Hosni Mubarak opened it in 1997.
The museum, located in the former visitor center, covers an area of 2035 m⊃2;
and contains the following elements:
* Hall of artifacts
* Lecture hall
* Video room
* Cafeteria
The hall of artifacts is divided into two
parts, the first one is
ascended corridor through which the visitor could have a look on ten tablets
were drawn from the papyri of Ani and Hu-nefer that displayed in the British
Museum in London. Most of these tablets throw lights on the funeral journey from
death to burial. The second part of the museum begins from the end of the
corridor and the visitor can see more than sixty pieces, which are displayed in
19 well-advanced cases.
In those 19 display cases, the artifacts are concentrated on eleven topics:
* Gods of ancient Egypt
* Embalming materials
* Organic materials
* Embalming fluid
* Tools of mummification
* Canopic jars
* Ushabtis
* Amulets
* Coffin of Padiamun
* Mummy of Masaherta
* Mummified animals
