Kuching To Host Southeast Asia’s First Mummy Show, With Royalty, Not Pharaohs

Sarawak will host Southeast Asia's first ancient Egyptian mummy exhibition from July 2027, featuring two 5000-year-old mummies on loan from Florence, Italy. They belonged to aristocrats and royalty, not famous pharaohs.

The Rakyat Post Adeline Leong · News & blogs · 1 hr ago

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Sarawak will host Southeast Asia's first Egyptian mummy exhibit in 2027, featuring two 5,000-year-old mummies and artifacts.

The exhibit will run for at least six months at the Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching.
The mummies are of aristocrats and royalty, not pharaohs, and are loaned from Florence's museum.
Sarawakian curators will train at museums in the UK and France to enhance skills.

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Sarawak will be hosting Southeast Asia’s first-ever ancient Egyptian mummy exhibit titled “Egyptian Mummies: Journey Towards Immortality” at the Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching starting in July 2027.

Sarawak Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah confirms the exclusive exhibition will run for at least six months.

The exhibition is a collaboration between the Sarawak Museum Department under the state Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry, and Performing Arts and the National Archaeological Museum of Florence, Italy.

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Published: October 22, 2026 at 4:07 AM UTC
By: Adeline Leong
Section: Living
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