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Mummies Exhibition Opens At Orlando Science Center

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Marcus Corwin. Photo by Amy Green

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Mummies are menacing in the movies. But a new exhibition at the Orlando Science Center portrays them as time capsules packed with information about who we are.

The “Mummies of the World” exhibit opens Saturday. It features 45 human and animal mummies from Egypt, South America and Europe.

90.7’s Amy Green talked with Marcus Corwin of American Exhibitions, which runs the exhibit. She starts the conversation.


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Amy Green covers the environment for 90.7 News. She is an award-winning journalist whose work has been heard on NPR and seen in PEOPLE, Newsweek, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. She began her career at The Associated Press. Her book on the Everglades, under contract with Johns Hopkins ... Read Full Bio »

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