ORLANDO, Fla. — Workers at the Orlando Science Center are putting the finishing touches on the largest exhibition of mummies ever assembled.
So far, 1.4 million people have seen the exhibition that looks into the science, culture and history of mummies.
Forty-five human and animal mummies arrived in a motorcade and were loaded into the Orlando Science Center.
Photos: Mummies exhibit at Orlando Science Center
Those who organized the exhibition hope visitors will learn something about the science of how and why mummification happened, how it gives us clues about diseases and past cultures.
Organizers said that not all mummies are wrapped like in the movies and that they're more than King Tut and ancient Egypt.
"When people come to see mummies of the world, they're going to learn that not only are mummies intentionally mummified, but that most mummies happen naturally or accidentally due to climate conditions," president of American Exhibitions Marcus Corwin said.
In the exhibition there is a family of mummies who died during the White Plague in Hungary in the 1800s. Their mummified remains were found 200 years later in a secret crypt during a church renovation.
Scientist who studied them discovered the plague was tuberculosis.
The exhibition opens to the public Saturday as part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the Orlando Science Center.
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