Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) welcomes six special guests of the ancient world to share their incredible stories until March 21, 2021.
Opening on September 19, 2020, Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New Discoveries invites visitors to journey back in time for a rare and in-depth look at what life was like on the Nile 3,000 years ago. The exhibition is both a rigorous scientific exploration and a spiritual voyage, using advanced CT scanning techniques, 3D images, over 200 extraordinary objects, and six mummies to illustrate—in greater detail than ever before—fascinating facts of each individual’s life story. Organized by the British Museum, the ROM’s engagement of Egyptian Mummies is the last chance to see this remarkable exhibition on its worldwide tour.
Egyptian Mummies uncovers new details about mummification, religious beliefs, family life, and cultural diversity. These stories are revealed through advanced three-dimensional CT-scanning technology—known as Dual Energy CT scanning—of the six mummies in the exhibition. The process involves two X-ray energy sources of different wave lengths that rotate around the body, creating thousands of transversal images. The resulting visualisations allow researchers to study the mummies without disturbing their coverings, revealing their internal structures, and details such as age, sex, height, state of health, and the embalming process used to preserve them.
Egyptian Mummies is a separately ticketed exhibition on display from Saturday, September 19, 2020 through to Sunday, March 21, 2021 in the ROM’s spacious Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall located in the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. To help ensure physical distancing and a comfortable Museum experience, the ROM is limiting the number of admissions to the Museum per day, and visitors are asked to pre-book timed-entry tickets online. See rom.on.ca for admission hours and pricing.
Mummy of Tamut, (side 2) Early 22nd Dynasty, about 900 BC, Probably Thebes, Egypt
Inner coffin of Nestawedjat, 25th Dynasty, about 700–680 BC, Probably Thebes, Egypt, Wood and plaster
Gilded cartonnage mummy mask, Late Ptolemaic – early Roman period, about 100 BC – AD 100, Tomb E 422, Abydos, Egypt, Plaster, linen and gold
Stela showing Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, Ptolemaic Period, about 141–116 BC, Xois, Egypt, Limestone
Canopic jars of Djedbastetiuefankh, 30th Dynasty, about 380–343 BC, Hawara, Egypt, Limestone
Model of a funerary boat 12th Dynasty, about 1985–1795 BC, Provenance unknown, Sycamore fig wood
