Bellefontaine Cemetery

This is a must see cemetery. The office staff were so nice when I stopped in to pick up my tour pamphlet.

I'll be sharing many photos soon.

Bellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis, MO

Remembered on Memorial Day

A few days after Memorial Day I had to go out to Penwell Gabel (formerly Memorial Park). I took the long route around and made my way to the office. Before I got there I had to stop and get out to look at this lot. It has to be the most decorated lot I've seen. 

Child Mummy

This male infant mummy is not buried but on display at the St. Louis Science Center.

From the 2007 press release and opening of the exhibit

 The Child Mummy is a boy who died at about seven to eight months old.

 He probably lived during the period of 40 BC to 130 AD, possibly during the reign of
Caesar Augustus, known as The Roman Period because the Romans ruled Egypt at the
time.

 The infant was likely from an upper middle class or wealthy family since mummification
was expensive.

 Geneticists are currently running DNA tests on the mummy to try to define the child’s
ancestry.

A great video about the research:




Online articles:

Examination of a Child Mummy
The Secrets of the Child Mummy