Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

3/1/1980 - 8/30/1981

Funding Totals

$146,340.00 (approved)
$137,064.00 (awarded)


The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets and Science

FAIN: GM-*0250-80

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205)
Stuart J. Fleming (Project Director: August 1979 to October 1990)

To support an exhibition on mummification as practiced in ancient Egypt. The exhibit will focus on the relationship between embalming and Egyptian politicaland religious activities throughout the pharaonic period.