Slideshow: RISD mummy on the move

Journal photo/ Sandor Bodo

Ingrid Neuman, museum conservator; Gina Borromeo, curator of Ancient Art at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design; and Emily Russo, curatorial intern, discuss details near the bottom portion of the coffin of the Egyptian priest Nesmin. Gloved museum workers carefully lifted the ancient Egyptian mummy from its coffin Tuesday for a rare examination. The mummy was moved Wednesday to the Waterman Gallery as part of a special exhibition, "Made for Eternity," that opens March 15. View the updated slideshow.