Silver City Library has a number of books on Egypt, including Curse of the Pharaoh's: My Adventures with Mummies by Zahi Hawass, who coincidentally,gave a lecture on recent achaeological discoveries in Egypt at the Nevada Museum of Art a couple of weeks ago.
If you haven't gotten a chance to see the museum, or its latest exhibit, take advantage of Free 2nd Saturdays when entrance to the museum is free:
Explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife in To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures The new exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art features more than 100 objects including mummies, statuary, sarcophagi, coffins, gold jewelry, and elegantly-crafted vessels, the exhibition includes some of the greatest masterworks of Egyptian artistic heritage. The exhibition also helps to explain the process of mummification, the conduct of a funeral, and different types of tombs—answering questions at the core of the public’s fascination with ancient Egypt.
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