Pioneering Scientist Involved In Pittsburgh's Mummy Exhibit Visits Town

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A scientist who helped put together the largest exhibition of mummies was in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

"Mummies of the World: The Exhibition" opened in October and features 40 human and animal mummies at the Carnegie Science Center's PPG Science Pavilion.

Ronn Wade, a scientist from the University of Maryland, is credited for conducting the first replication of the Egyptian mummification process on a body in more the 2,500 years.

The mummy is on display at the "Mummies of the World: The Exhibition."

"There was no recorded process in effect on how to do it and how it was done," Wade said. "So there was a lot of research put into it."

The exhibit is open through April.