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CaixaForum Madrid reveals the lives of six Egyptian mummies

Madrid, 14 July 2022

CaixaForum Madrid

In a new collaboration with the British Museum, the exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives illustrates the hidden history behind six ancient Egyptian mummies and provides an insight into how people lived and died along the Nile Valley between 800 BC and 100 AD.

The show explores the identity of these six individuals who lived in ancient Egypt thanks to new discoveries made by state-of-the-art, non-invasive technology, virtually unwrapping their fragile remains.

Focusing on an official, two priests, a married woman, a young boy and a young Greco-Roman man, the exhibition illustrates the processes of mummification, the ancient Egyptians’ view of death, and the concept of afterlife in this ancient civilisation.

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From left to right: Ignasi Miró, Corporate Director of Culture and Science at ”la Caixa” Foundation, Daniel Antoine, the curator, Isabel Fuentes, Director of CaixaForum, Madrid, the curator Marie Vandenbeusch, and Hartwig Fischer, Director of British Museum, presented Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

The exhibition, which will be open from 14 July to 26 October 2022, is the seventh collaboration between the British Museum and ”la Caixa” Foundation.

The exhibition explores the lives of six people who lived in ancient Egypt and examine themes, such as beliefs, health and medicine using objects from the British Museum’s collection.

Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives at CaixaForum Madrid until 26 October 2022.

The new exhibition provides an insight into how people lived and died along the Nile Valley between 800 BC and 100 AD.

Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives at CaixaForum Madrid.

Focusing on an official, two priests, a married woman, a young boy and a young Greco-Roman man.

Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives at CaixaForum Madrid.

Mummy of Ameniryirt. Thebes, Egypt 26th Dynasty, about 600 BC. Human remains. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Lid of the inner coffin of Ameniryirt (detail). Thebes, Egypt 26th Dynasty, about 600 BC. Wood and plaster. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Canopic jars of Djedbastiufankh Hawara, Limestone. Egypt 30th Dynasty, about 380–343 BC. ©Trustees of the British Museum.

Pectoral. Provenance unknown. 19th Dynasty, about 1250BC. Faience. ©Trustees of the British Museum.

Mummy of Nesperennub in cartonnage case. Thebes, Egypt 22nd Dynasty, about 800 BC. Wood, plaster, linen and human tissue. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Mummy of Nesperennub in cartonnage case, side view. Thebes, Egypt 22nd Dynasty, about 800 BC. Wood, plaster, linen and human tissue. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Figure of Osiris. Provenance unknown. Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC. Bronze. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Mummy of Penamunnebnesuttawy. Probably Thebes, Egypt 25th Dynasty, about 700 BC, wood. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Coffin of Mummy of Penamunnebnesuttawy , open. Probably Thebes, Egypt 25th Dynasty, about 700 BC , wood. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Bracelets of Nimlot Said to be from Sa el-Haggar (Sais), Egypt 22nd Dynasty reign of Sheshonq I, about 940 BC. Gold and lapis-lazuli. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Mummy of a child (detail). Hawara, Egypt Roman period, around AD 40–55. Human tissue, plaster, linen, resin and gold. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Mummy of a young man (detail). Late Ptolemaic – early Roman periods, about 100 BC – AD 100. Probably Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Mask and trappings. Tomb E 422, Abydos, Egypt. Late Ptolemaic – early Roman period, about 100 BC – AD 100. Plaster, linen and gold © Trustees of the British Museum.

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Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives. CaixaForum. (Video no edition)

Spanish Statements Ignasi Miró, Corporate Director of Culture and Science at ”la Caixa” Foundation. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

Statements Daniel Antoine, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

Statements Marie Vandenbeusch, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

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Spanish Statements 1’025” Ignasi Miró, Corporate Director of Culture and Science at ”la Caixa” Foundation. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives. (MP3: 1MB)

Statements 1’34” Daniel Antoine, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.. (MP3: 2MB)

Statements 2’20” Marie Vandenbeusch, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.. (MP3: 3MB)

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Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives. CaixaForum. (Video no edition)

Spanish Statements Ignasi Miró, Corporate Director of Culture and Science at ”la Caixa” Foundation. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

Statements Daniel Antoine, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

Statements Marie Vandenbeusch, curator of the show. Exhibition Mummies of Egypt: Rediscovering six lives.

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