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Giza Pyramids
Photography © 2008 Brad Feinknopf.

Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science was developed by COSI in cooperation with the Science Museum Exhibit collaborative and was built by the Science Museum of Minnesota. Artifacts are on loan from the Brooklyn Museum and the Academy of Natural Sciences. Photography © 2008 Brad Feinknopf. Mummy scans © 2005 Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium.

This exhibition is generously funded by the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Support provided by The Harold C. Schott Foundation, Cliffs Natural Resources, The Cleveland Indians, The Lubrizol Foundation, Oatey Co., The Plain Dealer and The Sherwin-Williams Company.

For more information about Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, please contact:

Kristen Glaspell, Marketing and PR Manager
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
216-696-3823
glaspellk@glsc.org

Exhibition News Release

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Use contextual clues to identify pottery shards at the Dig Site diorama. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
Take a photo sitting on top of a lifesized camel in front of a desert backdrop. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
Piece together a three-dimensional pottery puzzle, much like real archaeologists reconstruct an artifact from broken pieces. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
Three-dimensional facial reconstructions, created from CT scans, show how four Egyptian mummies may have looked at the time of their deaths. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
An authentic human mummy and her sarcophagus is one of the highlights of the exhibition. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
A full-size reproduction of the Rosetta Stone sits outside the tomb hallways. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
A darkened representation of a tomb hallway is decorated with artwork and hieroglyphs from actual Egyptian tombs. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
Behind the Build a Pyramid interactive, graphics scale the size of the blocks used in Khufu’s pyramid. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
The spot on Annie’s coffin where her name would have been was left blank, indicating that her embalmers didn’t know who she was. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
In ancient Egypt, some cats were sacrificed and mummified as offerings to Bastet, the goddess who protected the pharaoh. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
To the ancient Egyptians, the Eye of Horus represented health, wholeness and regrowth. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
This alabaster canopic jar depicts Imseti, one of the four sons of Horus. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.
This ostrakon is written in Coptic, a language derived from ancient Egyptian. Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science is at Great Lakes Science Center from February 2 – April 28, 2013. Get details at GreatScience.com.

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