The Mummification Museum in Luxor is located on the Nile Corniche, north of the Luxor Temple. This museum aims to highlight the techniques of the ancient Pharaonic art of mummification that the ancient Egyptians applied to many creatures, not just humans. Mummies of cats, fish, and crocodiles are displayed in this unique museum. We can also learn about the methods that was used in that process. This museum was opened by President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak in 1997.
Museum sections and components
The museum occupies an area of approximately 2,035 square meters and contains the following sections:
• The exhibition hall: which in turn includes two sections:
1. The first: It is the ramp, where there are ten hanging panels showing the details of the rituals of the funeral procession and the procedures that follow from death to burial, based on the Ani and Nefer papyrus that are displayed in the British Museum.
2. The second: It begins at the end of the ramp and displays more than sixty pieces in 19 glass display windows.
• Lecture hall
• Video room
• Cafeteria
Museum exhibits
The Mummification Museum’s exhibits revolve around 11 basic topics:
• Gods of ancient Egypt
• Embalming materials
• Organic materials
• Embalming fluids
• Methods used in the mummification process
• Canopic vessels to preserve the internal entrails of the deceased, and they took the form of the four sons of Horus: “Emset,” “Hapi,” “Duamutef,” and “Qebh-Sunuf.”
• Al-Ushabti
• Amulets
• The coffin of Badi Amon
• The mummy of Masaharti (son of King Ba-Najm I, who was high priest of Amun and commander of the army), which is the only human mummy in the museum.
• Stuffed animals