Who's Your Mummy?

"Mummies - New Secrets from the Tombs," is an exhibit currently at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. 

Ancient Peruvians and Egyptians mummified and honored their dead in different ways starting 5,500 to 7,000 years ago.

 Mummy of an older man, human remains, linen wrappings, Africa, Egypt, c. 700-600 BC

 Figurines were often buried with their dead, ceramic, South America, Peru, AD 1000 - 1400

 Mummy bundle, human remains, textiles, rope, South America, Peru, AD 1000 - 1400 

 Peruvian Pit Burial.  In Peru, people mummified their dead for 6,000 years.  

 Coffin, wood pigment, African, Egypt, 700 - 600  BC 

 Coffin Fragments, limestone, pigment, Africa, Egypt, 664- 30 BC

Coffin, wood pigment, Africa, Egypt, 525- 343 BC

 Coffin Lid, plaster, pigment, wood, Africa, Egypt, c. AD 250

 Mummy of a middle aged woman, human remains, wrappings, Africa, Egypt, AD 385