AN EGYPTIAN Mummy will soon come back to life at Swansea Museum if a Hollywood storyline comes true.
The mummy, identified as Hor, will be at Swansea Musuem when all three Night at the Museum movies are shown at the historic Victoria Road attraction on Friday May 15.
The Night at the Museum movies are being shown to mark Museum at Night celebrations across the UK on Thursday May 14 and Friday May 15 when many museums are staying open late. Swansea Museum will be open until 9pm on both nights. Hor, who was a clothier priest and scribe of the God Atum, is one of Swansea Museum’s oldest and most treasured artefacts. In the daily ritual of the temple it was his duty to change the clothing on the holy statue of the God. He lived in Akhmim in Upper Egypt between 250 and 200 B.C. during the Ptolemaic Dynasty and was named after the God Horus.
The mummy was gifted to Swansea Museum in 1888 by Field-Marshal Lord Francis Grenfell, who was born in the St Thomas area of Swansea in 1841. In the movies, which star Ben Stiller, all sorts of objects come back to life at a number of American museums, including the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
The Night of the Museum movies are being shown in order at 3.30pm, 5.30pm and 7.30pm. People who go along are being encouraged to wear historical costumes. Check out the Swansea Museum website for more information or call 01792 653763.
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