b'The Valley ofthe Golden Mummies Friday, Sept. 5, 2 p.m. (Bradford movie theater) JOURNEYWe begin with a virtual safari deep into Egypts western dessert, to an TO ANCIENTisolated oasis known as Bahariya. Occupied from antiquity to modern EGYPT times, this site is home to an astonishing discovery made by Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass in the By Dr. Stephen Phillips, Ph.D., 1990sa vast cemetery complex Research Assistant to the dating to the Greek period. Holding some 10,000 mummies, Penn Museum of many adorned with gilded masks Archaeology & Anthropology and elaborate wrappings, the find symbolizes the union of ancient Egyptian and Hellenistic beliefs. Well descend the chambers among the 34 excavated tombs and behold the treasures, the secrets and the wonder of The Valley of the Golden Mummies. Golden Mummies, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt | Viktor Lazic | CCBYSA4.0 | Retouched, Rotated 53'