Mummies of the World exhibition

A pre-Columbian mummy from Chile. On display are exhibits culled from more than 20 museums and seven countries, which range from the 11th century to over 6,000 years in age. The exhibition includes 45 human and animal mummies and an assortment of burial artefacts including amulets, statues and fragments from the Book of the Dead Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Robyn Beck/guardian.co.uk Detail of one of the mummies viewed through a magnifying glass Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk Mummies of 18th century Hungarians Michael Orlovits, his wife Veronica and their son Johannes Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Robyn Beck/guardian.co.uk Michael Orlovits emerges from a CT scanner at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The remains of the Orlovits family were with a group of mummies found in 1994 in a church crypt in Vác, Hungary Photograph: Adam Lau/AP Photograph: Adam Lau/guardian.co.uk A CT scan of the skull of Michael Orlovits Photograph: Adam Lau/AP Photograph: Adam Lau/guardian.co.uk A CT technician examines scans of Orlovits Photograph: Adam Lau/AP Photograph: Adam Lau/guardian.co.uk The mummy of Johannes Orlovitz, who was one year old when he died. The gown and bonnet are replicas of the original clothes in which he was buried Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk Close-up of the mummified face of Johannes Orlovitz Photograph: Adam Lau/AP Photograph: Adam Lau/guardian.co.uk Veronica Orlovits, wearing a replica of the original dress in which she was buried Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk The Detmold Child , a Peruvian child mummy radiocarbon-dated to 4504-4457 BC, about 3,000 years before the birth of King Tutankhamun Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Robyn Beck/guardian.co.uk A 13th century mummy of an adult female from ancient Peru Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Robyn Beck/guardian.co.uk The woman is thought to have suffered from arthritis in her hands and lower back, and was probably 45-50 years old when she died Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk Mummy of a human fetus that died from a rare spinal tube defect in the 30th week of pregnancy Photograph: ZUMA/ Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk The sarcophagus of an Egyptian priest called Nes-Pa-Qa-Shuti dating back to about 650 BC Photograph: ZUMA/ Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk The mummy of an Egyptian man dated to around 408 BC Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Robyn Beck/guardian.co.uk A naturally preserved Argentinian howler monkey Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk The mummy of a Peruvian man who was about 30 years old at the time of his death some 1,000 years ago Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features Photograph: ZUMA/guardian.co.uk