Secrets of The Crocodile Mummies

In 1911, two small crocodile mummies arrived at the Glyptotek along with other finds from the famous English archaeologist Flinders Petrie’s excavations in Egypt, specifically Hawara at the Fayum Oasis to the west of the River Nile.

It was not until almost 100 years later, during an X-ray examination at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science, that scientists discovered that there was indeed a small crocodile in one mummy, but nothing but hay and a stick in the other.

This small presentation at the Glyptotek will recount the cunning story of the two crocodile mummies, tell you all about the crocodile god Sobek and reveal why the Egyptians made animal mummies.

The presentation Secrets of The Crocodile Mummies can be seen in the Egyptian Collection.