First the Dead
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First the Dead


The Oriental Institutes Egyptian mummy Meresamun has had its date with a CT. scanner.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-big-scanner-25-dec25,0,1223594.story




- Special Online Feature: Priestess Of Amun
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) There is a great online feature about Meresamun on the Archaeology Magazine website. See the above page for a number of different sections which look at different aspects of Meresamun. ARCHAEOLOGY's March/April...

- Exhibition: Meresamun Opens In Chicago This Week
There have been lots of articles about the opening of at The Life of Meresamun at the Oriental Institute Museum in Chicago this week. The following are the best of the bunch from the last couple of days. CBBC Newsround There's an excellent 7-photograph...

- Exhibition: More Re The Life Of Meresamun
University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) Thanks to Rhio for the above link. The story is accompanied by some good photographs. In preparation for the new show, a group of faculty, staff and graduate students in Egyptology teamed with Michael Vannier,...

- New Book: The Life Of Meresamun - A Temple Singer In Ancient Egypt
Oriental Institute This companion volume and catalog to the exhibit that opens on February 9, 2009, traces the life of Meresamun whose mummy, dating to about 800 B.C., is one of the highlights of the Oriental Institute’s Museum. The text introduces...

- Meet Meresamun
The coffin and mummy of the temple singer Meresamun will be on display at the wonderful Oriental institute in Chicago this year. http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/special/meresamun/...



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