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Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology

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Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology
Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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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.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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