The World Museum Liverpool in the city center of Liverpool recently completed a grand remodeling. The work was so spectacular that even the museum's name was changed when it was finished--from the Liverpool Museum to the World Museum Liverpool.

The Egyptian Collection is excellent. You can visit online at this link.

Among other items, the Egyptian collection displays:

1. The mummified hand of a young Egyptian woman, possibly a priestess, wearing four rings. The woman lived about 300 B.C.; her jeweled hand was removed from her mummy and taken to England in the 19th Century. Her had was coated with resin (this explains why it is so dark) and was most likely covered with gold leaf.

2. The nested double coffins of a woman named Ditamunpaseneb. She lived between 600-500 B.C. Constructed from sycamore wood, the coffins are covered with inscriptions from the Book of the Dead. It is unclear what happened to Ditamunpaseneb's mummy which is not part of the museum's collection. 

3. The mummy of a man named Peduamun who was a sailor in life. His mummy was taken to England in the 19th Century where it was unwrapped. Unfortunately, no one was ever able to rewrap it correctly.

4. The Roman era mummy of a young boy approximately two-year-old. Mummymakers during the Roman era often wrapped the body quite decoratively. Mummy portraits painted on wood were placed over the face. X-rays have revealed two amulets (possibly made from gold) placed on the body: one in the mouth ("to speak with a tongue of gold at the Last Judgment"), the other in the pelvic area.