Egypt
Reality Wanted
Here's hoping that this doesn't seriously offend anyone.
- Book Review: Herakleides
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Jane Draycott) Lorelei H. Corcoran, Marie Svoboda, Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Herakleides: a Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt not only provides the results...
- Do Ancient Egyptians Have A Right To Privacy?
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) SHOULD we consider the privacy or reputation of the individual when analysing an Egyptian mummy? The assumption that ancient corpses are fair game for science is beginning to be challenged. Though strict ethical guidelines...
- Tutankhamun & Larger Foetus Dna
News from the Valley of the Kings (Kate Phizackerley) I promised to post the DNA from the TV Documentary and compare it with the DNA in the JAMA paper. This is the comparison of two mummies from tomb KV62 in the Valley of the Kings: King Tutankhamun himself...
- More Re Kv63 Embalming Bed
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following weeks of restoration work, a number of wooden plaques that were found inside a jar unearthed in tomb KV63 at the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank have proved to be the remains of a mummification...
- Review: Mummies - Secrets Of The Pharaohs
Freep.com Another short review of the glossy documentary, which seems to have earned a far larger response than any other recent documentary on the subject of ancient Egypt: It's saying something when -- after decades of National Geographic, PBS,...
Egypt
Donating your body for an experiment in mummification
Reality Wanted
Here's hoping that this doesn't seriously offend anyone.
Have you ever considered leaving behind a long lasting legacy by donating your body to science?
If so, we are seeking someone who would like to be the subject of a scientific documentary that explores mummification: the Ancient Egyptian process that is used to preserve the body.
We are a London based television company producing a documentary on modern mummification for the purposes of scientific research. The documentary will be filmed in the US and Egypt and will focus on an individual who has chosen to have their body embalmed and mummified, or preserved long term, after death.
This is an opportunity to be part of major groundbreaking medical (and ecological) research. And the results of this research will be published in an internationally pre-eminent science magazine, and the story both personal and scientific will be told through the documentary.
- Book Review: Herakleides
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Jane Draycott) Lorelei H. Corcoran, Marie Svoboda, Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Herakleides: a Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt not only provides the results...
- Do Ancient Egyptians Have A Right To Privacy?
New Scientist (Jo Marchant) SHOULD we consider the privacy or reputation of the individual when analysing an Egyptian mummy? The assumption that ancient corpses are fair game for science is beginning to be challenged. Though strict ethical guidelines...
- Tutankhamun & Larger Foetus Dna
News from the Valley of the Kings (Kate Phizackerley) I promised to post the DNA from the TV Documentary and compare it with the DNA in the JAMA paper. This is the comparison of two mummies from tomb KV62 in the Valley of the Kings: King Tutankhamun himself...
- More Re Kv63 Embalming Bed
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following weeks of restoration work, a number of wooden plaques that were found inside a jar unearthed in tomb KV63 at the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank have proved to be the remains of a mummification...
- Review: Mummies - Secrets Of The Pharaohs
Freep.com Another short review of the glossy documentary, which seems to have earned a far larger response than any other recent documentary on the subject of ancient Egypt: It's saying something when -- after decades of National Geographic, PBS,...