Egyptologist sheds light on Tulane mummies
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 05:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Answers don't come easily when the mystery is 3,000 years old. Egyptologist Melinda Nelson-Hurst has spent two years researching the Egyptian artifacts that have resided at Tulane University since 1852. Her work is yielding surprising details about two mummies, two intact coffins and funerary materials that reside in Dinwiddie Hall.