Mummies in New York

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​Albany

The Albany Institue of History and Art
2 mummies

1. male, Ankhefenmut 21st Dynasty
2. female, name unknown, lid of coffin too worn and not brought from Egypt. Also 21st Dynasty?

Links:
Recent CT scan of mummies
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies
Ceramic Toe Prosthesis
Acquisition Letter

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum
5 mummies


Demetri[o]s
Thothirdes
Hor
Pasebakhaemipet
Gautseshenu

Links:
Sexing the mummies
The Mummy Chamber
Mummy Transport

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​Buffalo

The Buffalo Museum of Science
2 mummies

The mummies of Nes-hor and Nes-min.

Link:
Whem Ankh Exhibit Guides

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​Ithaca
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Cornell University
Anthropology Collection
​1 Mummy not on view

The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume IV, Number 144, 4 June 1884

​Unwrapping of the Mummy.
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a limited number of invited spectators assembled in the anatomical lecture room to witness the ceremony of unwrapping the Egyptian mummy which was recently received by the University authorities. As curator, the duty of formally receiving the venerable guest devolved upon Professor Tyler. The mummy is a gift to the university from Mr. Pomeroy, the American Consul General at Cairo. The case enclosing the remains is covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions which have been deciphered by Mr. Emile Brugsch, the eminent French Egyptologist From him we learn that the body is that of a certain Penpi who flourished in Thebes during the twenty-third dynasty, or about 800 B. C. A vivid idea of this enormous lapse of lime was given by Professor Tyler's happy grouping of historical events. He said that the mummy had lived in an age before the first Olympiad, nearly fifty years before the founding of Rome, that he was a contemporary of the founding of Carthage, two hundred years after Zoroaster, two hundred before Cyrus, and three hundred years before Confucious. Caesar had not yet invaded Britain, it was only six hundred years after the Trojan war, and about one hundred years after Homer. Penpi may have been on terms of intimacy with Lycurgus, and he was undoubtedly an esteemed contemporary ot Elisha, Jehu, and Elijah. Romulus and Remus if they lived at all, were mere boys during the period of Penpi's activity. These 'acts invest the remains with an awful sanctity which it would almost have been blasphemy to disturb, were it not that they are liable to greater indignities in their original tomb, for it seems that the misguided natives under the evils of an English administration, are accustomed to grind up the remains of their forefathers and use them for fertilizers. In the course of his address Professor Tyler said that the process of embalming the dead had its origin in something more than a sanitary or economical purpose, that it was a religious act and an expression of faith in the divine origin of the soul. The primitive religion of the Egyptians involved the existence of a beneficent God, a belief, in immortality, and a period of probation analogous to purgatory. Hence it was thought that the welfare of the soul could be secured by ceremonies and the propitiation of Osiris, the principal deity. There grew up a number of superstitions, of which embalming was one of the manifestations. The bodies so treated were objects of the deepest reverence, and it was customary for families to have mortuary halls in which their mummies were stored, and from which they were taken on occasion of feasts and anniversaries. On account of their sacred interest mummies had a commercial as well as a sentimental value, and were regarded as valuable securities in the money market. Financially embarrassed individuals frequently obtained a temporary loan upon the deceased bodies of their ancestors, and failure to redeem these, pledges was considered the greatest infamy. Before proceeding with the unwrapping, Professor Gage briefly outlined the process of embalming and compared it with modern methods. It is not a lost art as is popularly supposed, but could be far more skillfully accomplished now than was done by the Egyptians. As practiced by them the body, after the removal of the heart and brain, was first soaked for a period of seventy days in a solution of salt, sulphate of soda, and saltpetre. The body was then carefully dried and treated with resins, myrr, and spices, after which it was wrapped wit h numerous linen or cotton bandages and was placed in its case. Coatings of pitch were often applied between the layers of bandages. Frequently as many as a thousand yards of cloth were used in wrapping, and the best style of embalming cost from one to two thousand dollars. After the completion of Professor Gage's remarks the operation of unwinding was begun. The case had been sawed transversly through the middle and everything was in readiness. After its removal the body was found to be enveloped in a dark red shroud. Beneath this were the linen bandages in strips about four inches wide, wound closely and neatly about the body. Some time was occupied in removing these, during which the audience sat in a state of eager expectancy awaiting the exposure of the head and shoulders.  When brought to light the features were found in a rather poor state of preservation, even for a mummy. A stubby beard upon the chin was the principle object of interest and was feelingly touched by most of those present as they passed by.  After the unwrapping was completed it was found that the body measured five feet six inches in length and was thus somewhat above the average height. The viscera which had been removed were wrapped separately, and had been packed between the limbs of the mummy. A number of beetles were found in the folds of the bandages which upon inspection proved to be of recent origin. The body with its wrappings and case will be at once placed on exhibition in the large hall of the museum where they may be seen to-day.

Manhattan

The American Museum of Natural History

​​Many mummies on a cold storage floor.  Wah is certainly there.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
13 mummies

Nephthys
Artemidora
Ukhhotep
khnumhotep
Tasheriteniset
Irtrutja
Kharushere
Nesiamun
Nesmin
​The Mummy of Nesmin, a closer look
Tasherymin
Lady Nefer
Anonymous, Roman Period, Female
​Prince Amenemhat son of Amenhotep I

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​Poughkeepsie

Vassar
1 mummy

Shep-en-Min
Links:
Vassar's Mummy Mystery Solved, by Jon Schmidt (1990)
You tube video of Shep-en-Min's CT scan