(Author photograph at the Golden Mummies exhibition) Multiculturalism Upper part of Isaious, showing her gilded mask (with a Roman hairstyle) and lower wrappings decorated with Egyptian motifs. 400 AD) to the colonial context in which mummified Egyptians ended up in Manchester and how they were received. It is laid out across 4 areas, taking us from the multi-cultural social context of the Greco-Roman period in Egypt ( c. The lighting is low to protect the many beautifully coloured objects, but spotlights ensure everything that needs to be is fully visible. Inside the exhibition is well laid-out with plenty of space to move about and read or review the exhibits.

The exhibition hall is off the central space of the museum, beyond the cafe, and is entered past the elegant red-granite column of Ramses II and Merneptah. The museum is open from 10am Tuesday to Friday and Sunday (from 8am on Saturday) and closes at 5pm every day except Wednesday, when closing is 9pm. The exhibition is free, but visitors are advised to book tickets in advance via the website. The exhibition focuses on mummification in the Greco-Roman period, when the outside of mummified remains were highly decorated with heavily painted and gilded cartonnage and patterned bandages.

The reopened Manchester Museum is currently showing ‘Golden Mummies of Egypt’ in its brand new exhibition hall until the end of December this year (2023). Artemidorous, in the Golden Mummies exhibtion.

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