In 1921, William Arthur Shelton, a professor in Emory's Candler School of Theology, purchased an Old Kingdom mummy from the sacred site of Abydos in Middle Egypt. In storage at the Carlos Museum for over 90 years, its linen in tatters, its head in a separate box, and many bones missing or exposed, the mummy provided an extraordinary challenge for conservators Renee Stein and Mimi Leveque. This video documents their almost year-long treatment of the mummy in close consultation with curator Peter Lacovara, students and faculty at Emory University, doctors at Emory Hospital, and other consultants.

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In September of this year, the Carlos Museum will open the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, which will focus attention on a 4,000 year old mummy that was purchased for Emory in Egypt in 1920 by Professor William A. Shelton of the Candler School of Theology. Earlier this year, two renowned Egyptologists, Janet Richards of the University of Michigan and Salima Ikram of the American University in Cairo, saw the mummy for the first time, before conservators began their restoration work. Hear their first thoughts about the mummy, with Carlos Curator of Egyptian Art Peter Lacovara.

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In Sacred Spots, Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor of Art History and Curator of Ancient American Art, and John Polisar, Coordinator of the Jaguar Conservation Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society, discuss the most feared and revered animal of the Americas, and its importance in the shamanic religious traditions of the ancient people of this region.

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Though piercing and tattooing may seem ultra contemporary, the collections of the Carlos Museum contain giant gold ear spools, labrets, and other objects related to the body modification practices of the ancient Americans of Meso, Central, and South America.  Associate Professor of Art History and Curator of Ancient American Art Rebecca Stone discusses these objects and their meaning for the ancient people who made and wore them.

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Vishnu in his ultimate form, with all his many avatars represented, is the topic of conversation between Laurie Patton and Joyce Flueckiger, Professors in Emory's Department of Religion.

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Laurie Patton and Joyce Flueckiger, Professors in Emory's Deparment of Religion, discuss an 11th century sandstone sculpture of Vishnu reclining on the Cosmic Ocean between the cycles of time.

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Host Sandy Goldberg of Antenna Audio holds an intimate conversation with Dr. Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory, in which they explore the imagery on the Museum's Coffin of Tahat scene by scene.  As they hear Dr. Robins and view the detailed images on their iPod or computer, listeners will understand the ancient Egyptian conception of the coffin as a microcosm of the universe, with the deceased at the center.

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In the second of the two new podcasts, Carlos Curator Peter Lacovara of Egyptian Art, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory, Shalom Goldman, and Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in Emory’s Art History Department, explore the radical changes to Egyptian religion and art brought about by the "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten, the restoration of the traditional religion during the reign of his son, Tutankhamun, and the place that both these kings, despite their rather short reigns, hold in the popular imagination.

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A false door from an Old Kingdom Egyptian tomb sparks a lively conversation about death, burial, and Egyptomania in America. Peter Lacovara, Curator of Egyptian Art, Professor of Religion Gary Laderman, and Kevin Kuharic from Atlanta’s Historic Oakland Cemetery, discuss how the influence of the ancient Egyptians can be seen in the burial traditions of 19th century America.

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Edna Bay, Professor of African Studies and Claudette Anderson, a doctoral candidate studying the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, discuss an Asen from Ouideh in the Museum’s collection of African Art, its visual depiction of African proverbs, and the importance of words from the traditional societies of Africa to reggae DJs in Jamaica.

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