Planning Your Visit to Cleopatra of Egypt



Discover Ancient Mummies
Egyptians went to great lengths to prepare their dead for the afterlife. Here, you can see elaborate coffins and spectacularly preserved mummies – one of the largest mummy collections in any American museum. Intricate dioramas show how these mummies were prepared.

Mummy of Harwa, doorkeeper in the Temple of Amun, 7th century B.C.E.
Inner coffin containing the mummy of Chenet-a-a, 9th-8th century B.C.E.
Mummy-making diorama.


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Cleopatra
Cleopatra Exhibition
Who Was Cleopatra
Solve the Puzzle
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Cleopatra Image Poll
Inside Ancient Egypt



 


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