Egypt
Computer Technology to provide virtual tour of a mummy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1186590,00.html
Guardian Unlimited article about examining an Egyptian mummy without
unwrapping it. “The technology allows researchers and visitors to study
the coffin, the wrappings, the skin, bone, teeth and grave goods of
Nesperennub”.
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Nesperennub Back Under The Scanners
Guardian Unlimited The mummy of Nesperennub was scanned in 2004, and the mummy with its scans formed the basis of a well attended traveling exhibition, starting in the UK, finding its way to various venues in the U.S. and also visiting Japan. An Egyptian...
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More On The Finding Of Tutankhamun's Lost Part
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2165774,00.html I'll probably still find the odd article from the few days when I was away, and this is one of them: "An ancient riddle of the sands has been solved by modern hospital technology. The mummified...
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More Re Nesperennub At The Exploreum
http://tinyurl.com/zfot4 (pensacolanewsjournal.com)Another review of Mummy- The Inside Story, the touring exhibition currently at the Gulf Coast's Exploreum which focuses on the 2800 year old priest Nesperennub, whose mummy was examined and analysed...
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Award For Oxford's Pitt-rivers & Natural History Museum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1522009,00.html Thanks to my mother, former Oxford resident and Guardian reader for sending me this item: "The Pitt Rivers and Natural History Museum in Oxford won the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award...
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More On The British Museum 3-d Mummy Analysis (discovery Channel)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040628/mummy.html
Another article about the BM's virtual unwrapping of the mummy of Nesperennub Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
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