Mummies in Vermont
Burlington
The University of Vermont's Robert Hull Fleming Museum of Art http://www.uvm.edu/~fleming/ Mummy in coffin Female 6th Centry BC 186 cm long 1910.3.119 CT scan shows a fracture above the right ear, and a cyst above one tooth. Brain has been removed. Museum purchase 1910 by George Perkins, the university's curator of collections, either from the Cairo Museum or at a "Market in Cairo." CT scan story links: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/26/scitech/main20057546.shtml |
Middlebury
Amun-Her-Kepesh-ef He was cremated and buried in the West Cemetery (Gravestone gives death date as 1883 B.C. This fascinating story is on the Roadside America page. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10859 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8298680 |