Mummies in Orange County - Free event at the Bowers Museum June 14 -Hosted by American Research Center for Egypt - Orange County Chapter

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies of Ancient Egypt With Distinguished Egyptologist Dr. Yekaterina Barbash 

Free Presentation at the Bowers Museum, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA

Saturday, June 14.   1:30 PM in the Norma Kershaw
Auditorium

 The Associate Curator of the Arts of Ancient Egypt at the Brooklyn Museum shares

the most current theories of why ancient Egyptians believed they could take it

all with them,  including their beloved pets.

 Animals were as central to the lives of the ancient Egyptians as they are to

ours today. Honored and revered as possessing qualities of power, speed and

fertility, specific creatures were believed to have divine links. Some

symbolized forces of nature.  Others were
cherished companions.
  Beloved pets were often mummified and buried next to their owners.  Peek

through the window of time to explore the practice of creating millions of

“sacred” mummies of cats, dogs, birds, and other creatures, a religious

activity whose exact significance still remains a mystery.   

This presentation explores some of the current theories archaeologists have about this practice.