The Mummies Around the Corner

Luckily, I live not far from an Egyptian collection. A few blocks away is the Albany Institute of History and Art, which has a small Egyptian collection including two mummies purchased from the Cairo Museum over a century ago. When I first saw them, however, I noticed that they were in the wrong coffins!

The story that unfolded after that can be read here:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ankhefenmut-egyptian-mummy?fbclid=IwAR3Gve-
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