Egypt
- Barnum Museum Mummy Suffered From Dental Disease
Stamford Advocate An expert in forensic dentistry at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in Farmington said that Pa-Ib, the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy at the Barnum Museum, suffered greatly from dental disease in the last years...
- Radiologists Reveal Mfah Mummy’s Secrets
WebWire Wrapped up for 2,000 years in a manner that indicated wealth and love, the mummy was a mystery child. That changed recently when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston asked The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Department of Diagnostic...
- Barnum Mummy Photo
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3400 A photograph of the Barnum Mummy, mentioned in a post last weekEgyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Tests Begin To Shed Light On Barnum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/yxwv2u (boston.com) "Radiological tests on the mummy in the Barnum Museum indicate the remains may be those of a woman who was at least 18 years old and possibly 30 or older. Dr. Ruben Kier, chairman of the board at Advanced Radiology...
- Mummy X-rays At Bridgeport's Barnum Museum
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=5407619&nav=3YeX "A two-thousand year old artifact hits the examination table at Bridgeport's Barnum Museum. An endoscopic camera and x-ray machine will help scientists get a rare look into the past of an...
Egypt
Barnum Mummy Talks
http://tinyurl.com/y6drhw (courant.com)
More about the Barnum mummy, and its purchaser, Phineas Taylor Barnum: "Recently, Pa-Ib, a mummy purported to be an ancient Egyptian priest, was moved from Bridgeport's Barnum Museum to a radiology office for tests that showed the mummy probably was an adult female, and was most definitely Egyptian.
Considering P.T. Barnum's good-naturedly spotty record on the provenance of some of his exhibits, that's news. As his era's combination of Disney and Donald Trump - hurly-burly entertainment with a developer's eye on the horizon - Barnum is famous for never letting the truth get in the way of a good exhibit. That the mummy might have been roughly what people thought it was is a bit of a hoot to people who know him. 'He's been dead over 100 years, and he still exhausts me,' said Kathleen Maher, museum executive director. The entire project - though scientifically sound and serious as bones - has its participants smiling. . . .
Considering P.T. Barnum's good-naturedly spotty record on the provenance of some of his exhibits, that's news. As his era's combination of Disney and Donald Trump - hurly-burly entertainment with a developer's eye on the horizon - Barnum is famous for never letting the truth get in the way of a good exhibit. That the mummy might have been roughly what people thought it was is a bit of a hoot to people who know him. 'He's been dead over 100 years, and he still exhausts me,' said Kathleen Maher, museum executive director. The entire project - though scientifically sound and serious as bones - has its participants smiling. . . .
The CT scans found arthritis in Pa-Ib's pelvic region, indicative of child birth, Maher said. Her teeth are somewhat flattened - perhaps by her diet - and her arms are crossed the same way those of other mummies of higher stature are found crossed. There is no sign of blunt trauma, and a packet of organs resting inside her abdomen bears further study, said Maher."
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- Barnum Museum Mummy Suffered From Dental Disease
Stamford Advocate An expert in forensic dentistry at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in Farmington said that Pa-Ib, the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy at the Barnum Museum, suffered greatly from dental disease in the last years...
- Radiologists Reveal Mfah Mummy’s Secrets
WebWire Wrapped up for 2,000 years in a manner that indicated wealth and love, the mummy was a mystery child. That changed recently when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston asked The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Department of Diagnostic...
- Barnum Mummy Photo
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3400 A photograph of the Barnum Mummy, mentioned in a post last weekEgyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Tests Begin To Shed Light On Barnum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/yxwv2u (boston.com) "Radiological tests on the mummy in the Barnum Museum indicate the remains may be those of a woman who was at least 18 years old and possibly 30 or older. Dr. Ruben Kier, chairman of the board at Advanced Radiology...
- Mummy X-rays At Bridgeport's Barnum Museum
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=5407619&nav=3YeX "A two-thousand year old artifact hits the examination table at Bridgeport's Barnum Museum. An endoscopic camera and x-ray machine will help scientists get a rare look into the past of an...