The Mummy, nicknamed “Alex,” the only one in Israel is the embalmed body of Iret-hor-iru, a high-ranking priest who died at age 40, and who suffered from tooth decay & osteoporosis, a condition associated with modern day ailments.
By Yori Yalon & Israel Hayom Staff
An ancient artifact get the high-tech treatment: In a new exhibit that opens Tuesday at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, visitors can view an actual 2,200-year-old mummy. The museum exhibit is tricked out with cutting-edge technology designed to teach visitors about the embalming techniques employed by the ancient Egyptians.
The embellished mummy case containing the remains of the priest Iret-hor-iru – Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon
The main draw of the exhibit, titled “A Mummy in Jerusalem: Secrets of the Afterlife,” is the mummy itself, the embalmed body of Iret-hor-iru (“The Protective Eye of Horus”), a high-ranking priest from the city of Akhmim. Continue Reading »
ng Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled Jerusalem and the Holy Land under Roman occupation two millennia ago. The exhibition, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, includes about 250 archaeological artifacts recently discovered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, at the Herodion summer palace, south of the capital, Jericho and other sites.
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