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Photos of the Re-Wrapping of Anonymous Man

The re-wrapping of the mummy of the Anonymous Man was carried out in early February by the team from the Brooklyn Museum. We saw some of the live coverage of the re-wrapping here on Talking Pyramids.

Today they’ve released the batch of photos from the fourth day of the re-wrapping and you can see all of the photos from all four days on their Flickr stream.

Curator Ed Bleiberg and Conservators compare documentation to final form.


Here are all four days of photos set up as slide shows:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Anonymous Man came into the Brooklyn Museum collection in the 1950′s after he was transferred here from the Met Museum. For discovery, he was unwrapped at that time (today we’d use less invasive methods for discovery like x-rays or CT scanning). Currently, the Brooklyn Museum conservation team are working to re-wrap him with his original linens. so he can go on display in the upcoming exhibition, The Mummy Chamber.

We don’t know much about the anonymous man because he was found in a simple unmarked coffin when he was excavated. We do know he is a Roman period mummy and he died around 300AD. Because Roman techniques of mummification used less resin and limited its use to the body itself, the linens have been well preserved and can be reused today with the addition of newer materials to help bind the layers together as we go.

This process was originally live tweeted using the #mummywrap hash tag. On Flickr, we suggest looking at the sets by day and in order to best see the process as it unfolds. We’ve grouped all the images into a collection for easy access.

Photos by Brooklyn Museum. Some rights reserved.

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2 Responses to “Photos of the Re-Wrapping of Anonymous Man”

  1. Great post, Vincent!

    Of course, this is a more recent mummy, by Egyptian standards, but the level of preservation is really incredible. I was surprised by the beauty of the linens themselves. Really a fantastic story. Thank you for sharing.

    –Keith

  2. Hi Keith,

    It was really quite a unique experience, being able to watch the whole thing unfolding (pardon the pun) live on Twitter. Anyone who was following had the opportunity to jump in and ask questions with several people asking about the linen and the techniques used.

    When it comes to making museums participatory, with projects like this, Brooklyn Museum wins hands down!

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