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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.