Mummy gets back her mask

The daughter of a wealthy family in ancient Egypt has been preserved in the Reading Public Museum for decades, but a key part of the exhibit has been in storage until now.

More than 2,000 years ago Nefrina had a mask made to protect her face. And Wednesday the mask was delivered to the museum.

Nefrina came to the Reading Public Museum in 1930 but her mask didn’t. She’s been waiting 82 years.

For four months people at the University of Pennsylvania, who own Nefrina’s mask, restored it.

The Reading Public Museum has unwrapped many of the secrets of Nefrina’s life, from how she died to what she looked like.

Now what was meant to protect her face in the afterlife has been returned.

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