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Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb

This exhibition finished on 21 October 2012

19 April – 21 October 2012  

Exclusive to Brisbane

Featuring more than 100 ancient objects, including four exceptionally preserved mummies from the British Museum's internationally renowned Egyptian collection, Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb explores the rituals of life, death and the after-life in Ancient Egypt.