Egyptian Mummy Expo Begins in Mumbai

A unique exhibition providing a 3-dimensional immersive experience of an Egyptian mummy, a priest who lived and died around 3000 years ago, opened in Mumbai on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.

The unprecedented, non-invasive technique of x-rays, CT-scans and advanced computer technology takes viewers through a 'virtual unwrap' of the mummy, combined with reconstructions of the priest Nesperennub's life and mummification in ancient Egypt.

The exhibition opened in Mumbai's 90-year-old museum, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), in collaboration with the British Museum and sponsored by the Reliance Foundation and BP, and will be on for another four months.

The expo also comprises some astounding artefacts from the Egyptian Collection of the British Museum, Nesperennub's cartonnage case and an array of funerary objects and figurines, besides a range of merchandise that can be bought as souvenirs.