Egypt
- Mummy Gets High-tech Treatment At Bmc
Berkshire Eagle (Jenn Smith) Though he may be a mummy, the Egyptian priest Pahat can still speak volumes about his ancient civilization. On Wednesday morning, the nearly 2,300-year-old Berkshire Museum resident and the lower half of his sarcophagus were...
- Exhibition: Nefrina's World
The Pottstown Mercury (Jan Feighner) With photos. Eerie heads line Dr. Jonathan Elias' office. Like a scene from a bad B science fiction flick, skulls and sculptures watch the Egyptologist's every move. As director of the Akhmim Mummy Studies...
- Ct Scan Yields Secrets Of Vassar College's Mummy
Times Herald-Record (Jeremiah Horrigan) I'm not quite sure how poor Shem-en-Min would have responded to being referred to as "the guy", or whether or not the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium will enjoy being referred to as CSI Egypt, but here's...
- Lasm Mummy's Sex, Age Uncovered
Gonzales Weekly Citizen BATON ROUGE - The 2,300 year-old mummy affectionately known as the Princess of Thebes since arrival at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in 1964 is a man.Information from a CT scan performed at St. Elizabeth Hospital by technologist...
- Check Up For Shep-en-min
Vassar's mummy has received its turn in the C.T. scan. The mummy as indicated by the name of the God "Min" is from the Akmim area of Egypt. Happily he is the son of another well known mummy that of Pahat. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS/804090351/-1/NEWS...
Egypt
Berkshire Museum mummy undergoes a CT scan
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_6063034?source=most_emailed
A follow up on the story of the Berkshire (U.S.) mummy that was being prepared for a CT scan a few weeks ago. The mummy has now been scanned as part of the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium (AMSC) research project, under the leadership of Dr. Jonathan Elias, an Egyptologist and physical anthropologist:
"The findings include:
- A resin material fills about 25 percent of Pahat's brain cavity. Elias said the resin likely has a juniper or cedar oil base, a natural insecticide used to keep the body bug-free. Resins also were found in other parts of the body, aiding in making it moisture-resistant.
- The ocular bulbs (eyeballs) and some ocular tissue are still intact, as is the heart.
- The mummy's arms were crossed right over left, which may be an indicator of Pahat's social status.
The Egyptologist also noted that there appear to be some'oddly shaped visceral packages' in the mummy's organ cavities, including the left abdomen."
See the above page for the full story. The page is accompanied by slide shows which show excellent detailed images of the mummy's scanned form.
For more about the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium see their website at:
http://amscresearch.com/
A follow up on the story of the Berkshire (U.S.) mummy that was being prepared for a CT scan a few weeks ago. The mummy has now been scanned as part of the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium (AMSC) research project, under the leadership of Dr. Jonathan Elias, an Egyptologist and physical anthropologist:
"The findings include:
- A resin material fills about 25 percent of Pahat's brain cavity. Elias said the resin likely has a juniper or cedar oil base, a natural insecticide used to keep the body bug-free. Resins also were found in other parts of the body, aiding in making it moisture-resistant.
- The ocular bulbs (eyeballs) and some ocular tissue are still intact, as is the heart.
- The mummy's arms were crossed right over left, which may be an indicator of Pahat's social status.
The Egyptologist also noted that there appear to be some'oddly shaped visceral packages' in the mummy's organ cavities, including the left abdomen."
See the above page for the full story. The page is accompanied by slide shows which show excellent detailed images of the mummy's scanned form.
For more about the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium see their website at:
http://amscresearch.com/
- Mummy Gets High-tech Treatment At Bmc
Berkshire Eagle (Jenn Smith) Though he may be a mummy, the Egyptian priest Pahat can still speak volumes about his ancient civilization. On Wednesday morning, the nearly 2,300-year-old Berkshire Museum resident and the lower half of his sarcophagus were...
- Exhibition: Nefrina's World
The Pottstown Mercury (Jan Feighner) With photos. Eerie heads line Dr. Jonathan Elias' office. Like a scene from a bad B science fiction flick, skulls and sculptures watch the Egyptologist's every move. As director of the Akhmim Mummy Studies...
- Ct Scan Yields Secrets Of Vassar College's Mummy
Times Herald-Record (Jeremiah Horrigan) I'm not quite sure how poor Shem-en-Min would have responded to being referred to as "the guy", or whether or not the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium will enjoy being referred to as CSI Egypt, but here's...
- Lasm Mummy's Sex, Age Uncovered
Gonzales Weekly Citizen BATON ROUGE - The 2,300 year-old mummy affectionately known as the Princess of Thebes since arrival at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in 1964 is a man.Information from a CT scan performed at St. Elizabeth Hospital by technologist...
- Check Up For Shep-en-min
Vassar's mummy has received its turn in the C.T. scan. The mummy as indicated by the name of the God "Min" is from the Akmim area of Egypt. Happily he is the son of another well known mummy that of Pahat. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS/804090351/-1/NEWS...