Listen to Isabel Schneider, a Graduate student at UCLA, and a Getty Conservation of Cultural Heritage program participant, provide insight into the technical study and conservation treatment of the "Falcon Sarcophagus with Corn Osiris Mummy and four Clay Magic Balls."

Corn mummies were made from a mixture of earth and grain, wrapped in resin-coated linen bandages, and placed inside wooden falcon-headed coffins. Corn mummies embodied the forces of rebirth under the control of the god Osiris. They also aided the ritual transformation of the deceased to whom the corn mummy was given. This corn mummy is fitted with a gilded beeswax Osiris mask wearing a White Crown and a divine beard. Four clay magic balls with white markings provided magical protection.

"Falcon Sarcophagus with Corn Osiris Mummy and Four Clay Magic Balls," Egyptian. Later Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 BCE. Coffin: wood, paint. Mummy: barley, sand, clay, soil, resin, linen. Mask: beeswax, gilding, paint. Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation. 2018.10.1A-H.

This video was produced in conjunction with the special exhibition, "Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection." Please visit the link below to learn more about the exhibition.

https://carlos.emory.edu/exhibition/l...