Get up close with mummies！The British Museum’s Egyptian Collection Exhibition Comes to Taiwan

By / MOOK Scenic Spots Chen Wenlin, compiled and reported
 
Ancient Egypt, recognized as one of the four great ancient civilizations, is also one of the oldest and most mysterious nations in history. Among them, mummies have been a topic of continuous fascination for thousands of years. Although the ancient Egyptians left behind many written records, these records reveal only part of the history, which makes the mysteries even more intriguing.

This time, the British Museum has brought its collection on ancient Egypt to Taiwan for the exhibition “Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives.” It displays how the British Museum, using CT scanning technology, has non-invasively studied six mummies who lived between 900 BC and 180 AD, exploring each mummy’s gender, age, health condition, and physical diseases to uncover life stories not recorded in text.

It is worth mentioning that starting from the Roman period, the techniques and styles of mummification evolved, and great importance was placed on the external appearance of the mummies. Wooden panels depicting the image of the deceased, known as “mummy portraits,” began to be placed over the wrappings. These mummies featuring “portraits of the deceased” will also be fully displayed in this exhibition, giving visitors a glimpse of what the ancient Egyptians looked like in life.