What if we told you that you don’t have to travel all the way to Egypt to see a mummy and you can simply visit Hyderabad instead? The Telangana State Archaeology Museum, which boasts an extensive collection of imitations of Ajanta paintings, beautiful bronze artefacts, Buddhist and Hindu sculptures, and historical manuscripts, is also home to an Egyptian mummy, which is believed to be that of Naishu, the daughter of Egypt’s sixth Pharoah. This mummy has been on display since 1930, when it was bought for thousand pounds from an open auction by the son-in-law of the sixth Nizam. It was handed down to his successor who then donated it to the state museum.
Address: I Floor, H A C A Bhavan, P G Road, 5-10-193, Srinagar – Kanyakumari Highway, near Control Room, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad, Telangana 500004
Timings: 10 am -5.30 pm (closed on Friday)
Entry fee: Rs. 10 (per adult), Rs. 5 (per child)
