The mythology of eternal life

The mythology of eternal life
Journey to another world

A few mummies dating back to the period of pharaonic Egypt were found in Zagreb by chance. This took place in the 19th century when Europeans were impressed by the rediscovery of pharaonic culture and started shipping from that country everything they could possibly find leading thus to the creation of prestigious museum collections.

Among antiquity lovers there were also people from the region of Eastern Europe, one of them being Mihael Barić, a Croatian antiquarian who lived in Vienna. During his trip to Egypt, where he stayed from 1848 to 1849, Barić bought an Egyptian mummy wrapped up in linen strips and took it to his Vienna apartment. Once there, he exhibited the mummy tied in such a way that it could stand by leaning against the wall.