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Ancient Egyptian mummy forgotten in storage turns out to be sacred bird often sacrificed to Thoth

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of a 1,500-year-old bird mummy that was mislabeled.

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Cross-college researchers unravel mummy bird mystery

Master’s student Carol Anne Barsody is working with an array of interdisciplinary collaborators to explore the origins of a mummified bird and create a multisensory exhibition that rethinks the way ancient artifacts are presented in museums.

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Medieval Art History Class Researches, Creates Lights of Late Antiquity Exhibit

Medieval Art History Class Researches, Creates Lights of Late Antiquity Exhibit
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The Unseen Collection at the National Museum of Natural History

“All the pretty, cushy places on earth have already been studied,” said photographer Chip Clark with a laugh in conversation with Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where he worked from 1973 until his death in the summer of 2010. He was on the ground with scientists when they collected samples and data, roughing it in tents, sharing space with bugs and critters of all kinds.

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From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching

John Munson/Cornell University Julia Gardner, head of research services for the library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, uses an overhead document camera to show a 15th-century book of sermons, originally attached to a lectern by a chain. From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching January 21, 2021 In the spring of 2020, Denise Green thought she had the fall 2020 semester all figured out. An associate professor of fiber science and apparel design in the College of Human Ecology, Green had been awarded a Society for the Humanities fellowship to teach a class on curating fashion exhibitions. Her students would do hands-on research in the archival collections of Cornell University Library, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and the Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection, which she directs.

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