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Up with the old: Egyptian curator Icholas Millet has decided to liven up mummy exhibit as ROM director John McNeill, left, seeks some pzzazz.
Up with the old: Egyptian curator Icholas Millet has decided to liven up mummy exhibit as ROM director John McNeill, left, seeks some pzzazz.

Up with the old: Egyptian curator Icholas Millet has decided to liven up mummy exhibit as ROM director John McNeill, left, seeks some pzzazz.

Date3/27/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0130883F
Up with the old: Egyptian curator Nicholas Millet has decided to liven up mummy exhibit as Rom director John McNeill, left seeks some pizzazz.
Up with the old: Egyptian curator Nicholas Millet has decided to liven up mummy exhibit as Rom director John McNeill, left seeks some pizzazz.
3/27/1991
Just a bunch of litter to ancient Egyptians 2,000 years ago, scraps of papyrus being checked by University of Toronto Professor Alan Samuel (left) and Donald Macdonald, federal minister of energy, were used to wrap mummies by folk too poor to afford linen
Just a bunch of litter to ancient Egyptians 2,000 years ago, scraps of papyrus being checked by University of Toronto Professor Alan Samuel (left) and Donald Macdonald, federal minister of energy, were used to wrap mummies by folk too poor to afford linen
3/6/1972
Elegant Egyptian: Toronto hairdresser Robert Gage with wig he created for the ROM of the type an Egyptian lady might have worn in 1400 B.C.
Elegant Egyptian: Toronto hairdresser Robert Gage with wig he created for the ROM of the type an Egyptian lady might have worn in 1400 B.C.
3/5/1987
Royal Treasures: Dr. Ed Keall, an archeologist and curator-in-charge of the Rom's West Asian department holds a centuries-old piece of pottery. He has spent five years of his career working in the Middle East.
Royal Treasures: Dr. Ed Keall, an archeologist and curator-in-charge of the Rom's West Asian department holds a centuries-old piece of pottery. He has spent five years of his career working in the Middle East.
10/20/1989
John McIntyre, curator of Ontario at Home, a new exhibition at the ROM, boils water for tea on his vintage electric range circa 1950.
John McIntyre, curator of Ontario at Home, a new exhibition at the ROM, boils water for tea on his vintage electric range circa 1950.
10/23/1987
Fred Stulberg, former honorary curator at ROM, takes a long look at a rare one
Fred Stulberg, former honorary curator at ROM, takes a long look at a rare one
6/9/1978
Doctor Design: Michael Blythin, former head designer at the ROM, set up his own company to do everything from building home additions to designing Victorian homes.
Doctor Design: Michael Blythin, former head designer at the ROM, set up his own company to do everything from building home additions to designing Victorian homes.
1/13/1985
John McNeill
John McNeill
11/1/1995
John McNeill
John McNeill
10/26/1995
John McNeill
John McNeill
10/26/1995
Hard at work, student K. Douglas Crocker, 21, moors a yacht at Ontario Place marina. Crocker decided to set up his own vacation service to relieve boatowners of cleaning, bartending and other chores so they could enjoy themselves.
Hard at work, student K. Douglas Crocker, 21, moors a yacht at Ontario Place marina. Crocker decided to set up his own vacation service to relieve boatowners of cleaning, bartending and other chores so they could enjoy themselves.
5/29/1974
Straight from the Horse's mouth. A.K. Nouara, a straight Egyptian mare, posed before the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday to publicize the listing of Stonebridge Inc., the first horsebreeder to be listed on the exchange. Accompanying the horse are executives of the company (left to right): Mark Coles, Kim Gladwish, Gordon Coles and Maryelien Coles.
Straight from the Horse's mouth. A.K. Nouara, a straight Egyptian mare, posed before the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday to publicize the listing of Stonebridge Inc., the first horsebreeder to be listed on the exchange. Accompanying the horse are executives of the company (left to right): Mark Coles, Kim Gladwish, Gordon Coles and Maryelien Coles.
11/13/1988