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- Cleveland
Museum of Natural History
Cleveland,
Ohio
Thank you for a
wonderful two-day visit. I met with 350 students from all over
the Cleveland area. Then I held two smaller sessions with members and
the general public--and the Future Scientists who spend a good part of
every Saturday at the Museum (and out in the field).
I talked about
mummies--Egyptian, bog bodies, Chinchorro, Guanajuato, and more. And I
was given a great behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum, including a
lengthy stop in the Hamann-Todd Osteology Collection, which includes
the bones of over 3,000 Clevelanders and an Egyptian mummy named Senbi.
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These are the bones of
Senbi the Scribe. The blackened areas are the remains of the
resin which was liberally applied to many Egyptian mummies. The
small boxes on the right contain the mummy's feet and hands
(they are no longer whole, but portions are still wrapped in
centuries-old linen).
Bob Segedi with Senbi
and a Future Scientist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History.
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I wish to thank
everyone on the Museum Staff--you made my stay in Cleveland a real
pleasure. I especially want to thank Bob Segedi who was my guide and
mentor while I was there. You took me to see some incredible
sights, Bob, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Chapel and
President Garfield's Tomb at a nearby cemetery.
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