Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

The Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology (French: Musée d'anthropologie préhistorique de Monaco; Monegasque: Müseu d’Antrupulugia Preisto̍rica de Mu̍negu) is located within the Jardin Exotique de Monaco. It was opened in 1902 and contains a collection of fossils and other excavated artifacts relating to the prehistory of Monaco and areas nearby.

The museum is home to the mummy of an Egyptian woman named Merit who died around 300BC.[1]

  1. ^ Kriel, Délia (11 October 2024). "Mummy Merit, towards a study of her DNA?". La Gazette de Monaco. Retrieved 27 October 2024.