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Unwrapped: The Story of a Child Mummy

Unwrapped: The Story of a Child Mummy

Unwrapped: The Story of a Child Mummy

Run by: The Ashmolean
Contact: http://www.ashmolean.org/      Website
Cost: Free
 
Scientific area: The Universe 
Event type: Exhibition 

To coincide with the opening of the Ashmolean’s new galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia, the Museum is hosting an installation of contemporary work by artist Angela Palmer, inspired by the collections. ‘Unwrapped’ offers visitors a unique and intimate glimpse beneath the wrappings of an Egyptian child mummy, in a series of remarkable sculptures based on CT-scans made of the mummy at the John Radcliffe Hospital in 2006.

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Sat, 03/03/2012 Opening hours Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford View map Add to calendar
Sun, 04/03/2012 Opening hours Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford View map Add to your calendar
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