Mummification Museum

Amazing yet small museum with very nice mummification pieces didn't see before
Loved the place alot

A place a lot of people skip in their tour in Luxor But it tells you a lot about how the mummies made,

Just one big room but worth visit! Mummies of animals, one person and all accessories to prepare body in mummification process.

The Mummification Museum is one of the most important museums in the charming city of Luxor, which is witnessing a large turnout of Egyptians and foreigners in general, especially the art of mummification has puzzled scientists from all over the world for many and many years and perhaps some points related to mummification are still vague until now the museum displays a large number of mummies that return Various humans and animals belong to different eras, where the ancient Egyptians embalmed it up to the present time.
The area of ​​the museum is about 2035 square meters. The museum includes paintings that illustrate the religious and funerary rituals used in the past and the ways of burying the dead through the papyrus inside the museum. The museum also displays more than 60 pieces in glass windows.
The museum includes the embalming bed that was the process of embalming as well as a number of tools used in embalming in the past such as Isabelle to break up the brain and aromatic residues and residues of resinous materials on linen wraps, nitrous salt and sawdust, which was used as a temporary filling in the chest and abdominal cavity and other tools Without it, the embalming process will not be complete or completed.
It is worth noting that the British Museum includes a number of holdings that were found inside the Planning Museum, and it is striking that most of the exhibits inside the Mummification Museum revolve between the gods of ancient Egypt and mummification materials and embalming liquids and organic materials and others.
The museum includes a number of stuffed animals and birds that may have lived in the age of the Pharaohs only, such as the machete of the “ibis” and the mummy of a monkey in the naos, as well as the mummy of a newborn crocodile and the mummy of a white scallion fish found in Esna and the mummy of a cat tha

متحف التحنيط من أهم المتاحف الموجودة في مدينة الأقصر الساحرة والذي يشهد اقبالاً كبيراً من المصريين والأجانب بشكل عام لاسيما وفن التحنيط قد حير العلماء من مختلف أنحاء العالم لسنوات طويلة ومتعددة وربما مازالت بعض النقاط المتعلقة بالتحنيط مازالت مبهمة حتى الآن يعرض المتحف عدد كبير من المومياوات التي تعود لآدميين وحيوانات مختلفة تعود لعصور مختلفة حيث قام قدماء المصريين بتحنيطها حتى وقتنا الآن .
وتصل مساحة المتحف حوالي 2035 متر مربع ويضم المتحف عبر ساحاته لوحات توضح الطقوس الدينية والجنائزية المتبعة قديما وطرق دفن الموتى من خلال البرديات الموجودة داخل المتحف كما يعرض المتحف أكثر من 60 قطعة في نوافذ عرض زجاجية.
يضم المتحف سرير التحنيط الذي كانت تتم عليه عملية التحنيط فضلاً عن وجود عدد من الأدوات المستخدمة في التحنيط قديماً مثل الإيزابيل لتفتيت المخ و بقايا دهون عطرية وبقايا مواد راتنجية على ولفائف كتانية وملح النطرون ونشارة الخشب الذي كان يستخدم كحشو مؤقت فى التجويف الصدري والبطني وغيرها من الأدوات التي بدونها لن تكتمل او تتم عملية التحنيط.
جدير بالذكر أن المتحف البريطاني يضم عدد من المقتنيات التي تم العثور عليها من داخل متحف التخطيط، ومن اللافت للنظر أن أغلب المعروضات داخل متحف التحنيط تدور ما بين آلهة مصر القديمة ومواد التحنيط و سوائل التحنيط والمواد العضوية وغيرها .
يضم المتحف عدد من الحيوانات والطيور المحنطة التي ربما كانت تعيش في عصر الفراعنة فقط مثل مومياء طائر “أبو منجل” و ومومياء لقرد فى الناووس فضلاً عن مومياء تمساح حديث الولادة و ومومياء سمكة قشر بياض وجدت فى إسنا ومومياء لقطة كان يرمز بها فى مصر القديمة بـ”باستت”.

تم العثور على عدد من المقتنيات التي تخص التحنيط في أماكن متفرقة فيما تم جمعها بالكامل وعرضها في متحف التحنيط منها كبش محنط مغطى بقناع مذهب من الكرتوناج وجد فى جزيرة الفنتين، علامة “العنخ” رمز الحياة عند المصري القديم و العمود “جد” رمز الثبات والاستمرار.

ويوجد أيضاً تمثالى “نفتيس” و”إيزيس” إلهى حماية المتوفى، كما يوجد نموذج لمركب جنائزى لنقل جثمان المتوفى عبر النيل إلى البر الغربى وغيرها من المقتنيات القديمة التي توضح مظاهر الحياة الدينية والاجتماعية عند المصريين القدماء وكيفية تقديسهم للإله وحرصهم على أداء الشعائر والطقوس الدينية المختلفة .

ذكرنا عدد من المعلومات حول متحف التحنيط الساحر الذي يجذب الملايين من محبي التحنيط والفن القديم عن الفراعنة القدماء حيث يوضح المتحف تفاصيل متعددة حول الحياة الدينية في مصر القديمة، متحف التحنيط جدير بالفعل بالزيارة.

from Muhtwa

This small museum is not as crowded as the big sites. A good chance to get away from the Sun and learn more about this very intersting topic. With rare to see artefacts (mumified crocodile, fish, tools) it give a really good overview of the process:)

This is a unique little location, the mummified crocodiles are incredible! The different stages of mummification, and the understanding of why they did what they did is fascinating.

I’ll only share this small glimpse, but it’s a must visit to see so many mummified organisms. The museum is short and sweet. Broad explanations and a lot to show. Totally worth it.

Interesting little museum. There are some real mummies, a human, a baboon, a cat, a crocodile. There is also an interesting experiment, a duck that was mummified just 80 years ago.

Fantastic museum, small but packed with interesting and educational displays

We came here because we couldn’t get into the Luxor museum (it closes during the middle of the day so look at the timings). What a treat! It does not take long to go through, as other people have mentioned, but it gives a very clear impression of how the mummification process worked and has nice examples of mummified objects. I thought it was very interesting and would absolutely suggest it to people who have A spare 30 minutes and want to be an air conditioning. Very interesting.

Beutifull place for knowing about mummi
Only pay 5 pounds for student we can get everything inside🤗🫶 love egypt

Very short museum and it is worth to Visit to get a gist of mumification process. Suggest to get online tickets

Small but cool museum. Close to Luxor temple, you should visit if you go to the temple.

Good place

Studying mummies has taught researchers a lot about ancient Egyptians, including what they ate and what they did in their daily lives. Museum exhibits can help bring that history to life for visitors. “Mummies draw attention to the past,” says John Norman, who helped produce the “Mummies of the World” exhibit.
How are mummies made? Mummification is the process of preserving the body after death by deliberately drying or embalming flesh. This typically involved removing moisture from a deceased body and using chemicals or natural preservatives, such as resin, to desiccate the flesh and organs.

One of my favorites places to visit.

Amazing historical mummies not as much as Luxor museum but you will enjoy it.

Worth a stop when adding to another place not a destination itself. Entrance is 100EGP and you probably need max 30 minutes there. Turn left up the ramp as you enter the one room exhibit. There’s explanation of mummification and then a mummy of a priest along with various wooden sarcophagi and burial objects. Some mummified animals as well.

I think the people giving low reviews had unrealistic expectations of this place. It is a single room and a short stop not a destination.

Small but interesting museum! We had fun watching the animal and the human mummies up close. All the objects have exhibit labels which made it easy for us to know what we were looking at. We spent one hour at the museum. Be aware that the museum is closed everyday between 2 and 5, even though they don't put this on their website.

Couldn't believe what I saw.. Took me to ancient Egypt