Comments on: More on mummies… /2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: Lisa Bruno /2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Mon, 04 May 2009 13:22:27 +0000 /bloggers/2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/#comment-801 Matt – Yes, it does. We have a few unwrapped mummies in the collection that are better preserved. Their skin, eyelashes, and fingernails are all intact. It can be very meditative to really look at a mummy’s face. It does give me pause, but I also realize what a privileged it is.

]]> By: Matt Morgan /2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Sun, 03 May 2009 01:03:20 +0000 /bloggers/2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/#comment-716 Lisa, does working on what were once live people ever give you pause? Seeing the bones makes it a lot more real for me (shrunken heads have had the same effect on me).

]]> By: Lisa Bruno /2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Fri, 01 May 2009 02:26:23 +0000 /bloggers/2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/#comment-689 Actually, it’s a little tongue in cheek, but we’ve named him Mr. Peanut because we found peanut shells inside the coffin…….

]]> By: Vincent Brown /2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:58:21 +0000 /bloggers/2009/04/30/more-on-mummies/#comment-684 Fascinating!

Do we know his name?

Can’t wait to see the complete x-ray image that Kerith is putting together.

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