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Shown is the head of an Ancient Egyptian Mummy during a press preview of Mummies of the World exhibit at the Franklin Institute Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Exhibit is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) – AP
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The Egyptian cat mummies in the Mummies of the World exhibition date to the Ptolemic period, and show how Egyptian cats were ritually embalmed in a lengthy process using salt and various resins. Mummies of the World is the largest traveling exhibition of mummies and artifacts ever assembled. It opens at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on July 1, 2010. (The Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany) – The Deutsches Museum, Munich, Ge
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The Mummies of the World exhibition includes several other Egyptian animal mummies, including a falcon, an ibis, a fish, a dog and a baby crocodile. Research on ancient animals is known as "zooarchaeology" or "archaeozoology." These mummies are on loan from various museums in Germany. (Photo by Darryl W. Moran) – Darryl W. Moran
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A Pre-Columbian Peruvian mummy from approximately 6,500 years ago is displayed at the Mummies of the World exhibit on Monday, June 28, 2010, in Los Angeles, in preparation for the new exhibit's opening at the California Science Center. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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**CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO DETMOLD CHILD** In this June 28, 2010 photo, the mummified remains of Johannes Orlovitz, one of the Vac mummies, is displayed at the new Mummies of the World exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The Orlovits family was with a group of mummies found in 1994 in a forgotten church crypt in Vac, Hungary. The mummy will be part of the "Mummies of the World" exhibit, which is being called the largest traveling exhibition of mummies ever assembled. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show come from 15 museums in seven countries, said Marc Corwin, CEO of American Exhibitions Inc. The show opens Thursday at the California Science Center, then will go on a three-year tour across the country. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – AP
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In this June 28, 2010 photo, a Pre-Columbian Peruvian mummified child from approximately 6,500 years ago is displayed at the new Mummies of the World exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Analysis revealed that the baby was eight to ten months old when it originally died. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show come from 15 museums in seven countries, said Marc Corwin, CEO of American Exhibitions Inc. The show opens Thursday at the California Science Center, then will go on a three-year tour across the country. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In this June 28, 2010 photo, Eric Rossi and John Diloszycki close the case on an Egyptian sarcophagus and mummy in Los Angeles in preparation for the opening of the new Mummies of the World exhibit at the California Science Center. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show come from 15 museums in seven countries, said Marc Corwin, CEO of American Exhibitions Inc. The show opens Thursday at the California Science Center, then will go on a three-year tour across the country. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In this June 28, 2010 photo, an adult male mummy from the Pre-Columbian Atacama Desert in present-day Chile is displayed at the new Mummies of the World exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show come from 15 museums in seven countries, said Marc Corwin, CEO of American Exhibitions Inc. The show opens Thursday at the California Science Center, then will go on a three-year tour across the country. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Shown is a mummy titled Seated for Eternity originating from Peru during a press preview of the Mummies of the World exhibit at the Franklin Institute Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Philadelphia. The exhibit is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) – AP
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Shown are the mummified remains of a decorated howler monkey from Argentina during a press preview of Mummies of the World exhibit at the Franklin Institute Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Philadelphia. The exhibit is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) – AP
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The Mummies of the World exhibition includes these "Three Egyptian Heads." In the 18th and 19th centuries, Egyptian mummies were frequently cut into pieces and sold to tourists, so it is not unusual for a museum to have only the head or another body part. (Reiss-Engelhorn Museums, Mannheim Germany) – Reiss-Engelhorn Museums, Mannhei
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In this June 28, 2010 photo, Dr. Heather Gill-Frerking looks over a family of Hungarian Vác mummies from the 19th Century while preparing to open the new Mummies of the World exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The 45 mummies and 95 artifacts in the show come from 15 museums in seven countries, said Marc Corwin, CEO of American Exhibitions Inc. The show opens Thursday at the California Science Center, then will go on a three-year tour across the country. (AP Photo/Adam Lau) – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Shown are the mummified remains of Michael Orlovits who died in 1806 and his family, according to church records in Vac, Hungary, during a press preview of Mummies of the World exhibit at the Franklin Institute Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Exhibit is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) – AP
