Whem Ankh: The Cycle of Life in Ancient Egypt

Whem Ankh offers visitors insights into daily life as lived on the banks of the lower Nile River 2,200 years ago. Meet the mummies of Nes-hor and of Nes-min, priests in the temple of the Egyptian fertility god Min, in the city of Khent-min. Examine the stunning coffin of Djed-hor-ef-ankh who served that same god some 2,700 years ago. See over 250 Egyptian artifacts from Buffalo and North American collections assembled just for this exhibit.

Visitors will experience the lives of these and other middle-class Egyptians. Discover in Whem Ankh how life was different and, yet, in important ways similar to living today.

Suitable for young children to world travelers, it is truly one of the world's most innovative presentations on the people of this important and interesting part of Africa.