Excavating tombs in Egypt 17 years ago, diggers of Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art found the mummy, swathed in heavy wrappings of linen, of a young man of Thebes named Wah. Wearing a gilded and painted mask, a red linen shawl, the mummy of Wah made a bright and cheerful appearance in its clean, neat bandages. The diggers took it back to the museum where it was placed on exhibition.
Last week it appeared that Wah was even more interesting inside than outside. Following the lead of other museums, Director Herbert Eustis Winlock had...
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