What's hidden in the sarcophagus? The first-ever Lithuanian mummy exhibition (2021-2022)
ENStarted in 2011, the Lithuanian Mummy Project was aimed at investigating the preserved human remains held in present–day Lithuania, which also included Egyptian mummies. Conceived as a follow–up of this Project, a recently opened Exhibition at the House of Histories of Vilnius tells the story of how these studies were conducted and what was discovered. As part of this effort to inform museum visitors more broadly about research conducted on the legacy of ancient Egypt, the decision was made to review ancient Egyptian antiquities held in Lithuania, relate the story of how these came to the country and also to revisit the origins of Egyptology in Lithuania. Keywords: mummy, Egyptian mummies, exibition, Egyptology, human remains, Lithuania. [From the publication]
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- On the human remains contained in count Aleksander Branicki's Egyptian coffin / Dario Piombino-Mascali, Rimantas Jankauskas, Aldona Snitkuvienė, Salima Ikram, M. Linda Sutherland. Journal of Ancient Egyptian interconnections. 2017, vol. 15, iss. 1, p. 11-17.
- Radiological and archaeological investigation of a mummy from Roman Egypt curated in the National Museum of Lithuania / Dario Piombino-Mascali, Rimantas Jankauskas, Aldona Snitkuvienė, Tadas Rutkauskas, M. Linda Sutherland. Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 2016. vol. 73, iss. 1, p. 69-79.
- Radiological assessment of two pseudo-mummies from the National Museum of Lithuania / Dario Piombino-Mascali, Rimantas Jankauskas, Aldona Snitkuvienė, Lidija McKnight, Marcello Longo, Sveva Longo. The Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities. 2013-2014, vol. 40, p. 71-79.
