Unlike vampires, werewolves, and other monsters that capture the imaginations of kids, mummies are real. They don't rise from their tombs and walk around, of course, but they have gone a long way into making archaeology interesting to those who don't otherwise identify themselves as science enthusiasts.
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On Wednesday morning, teacher Monica Emanuelson's sixth-grade class at Hamden Hall received a wealth of information about science and archaeology from two guest speakers: Mummy researchers Ron Beckett and Jerry Conlogue.
That was kind of a goofy show if you've seen it (The Mummy Road Show), but they covered a lot of territory and showed a lot of different sorts of mummies from all over. And they used almost exclusively non-destructive techniques to study them.