Egypt
Recordnet.com
- Exhibition: Wrapped
The News Tribune (Craig Sailor) About 2,600 years ago, a man named Ankh-Wennefer lived in the Egyptian city of Akhmim. He raised at least one son, served as the second prophet in the temple of Min, and upon his death was given funereal customs the average...
- Exhibitions
Tutankhamun in San Francisco Al Ahram Weekly By Zahi HawassHawass talks about how permission was granted for the exhibition to travel to San Francisco, overturning a decision that was made for San Francisco to be included from the list of venues. Child...
- More Re The Hancock Museum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/hvkhz (icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk)"Details of the life and death of an ancient Egyptian woman began to emerge yesterday after her mummified body was scanned at a Tyneside hospital. Experts from the Hancock Museum in the city are examining...
- Secrets Of A Middle-class Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/r9zgy (telegraph.co.uk)"Modern medical advances are being used to unlock the secrets of a middle class Egyptian woman who lived and died 3,000 years ago. The mummified remains of Bakt Hor Nekht, encased in a linen and plaster inner...
- Pesed: Peeling Back Time
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_424846.htmlThe mummy Pesed has been mentioned more than once on this blog. She was donated in 1885 by the Reverend John Giffen, a missionary to Egypt and a Westminster graduate, to the Westminster...
Egypt
In the Lab: Technology reveals details of Haggin mummy
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This article looks at the science behind the Very Postmortem exhibition mentioned on previous posts. It describes both the scanning process and the information that was revealed. The photo at the top of the article may startle some people (it looks a little gory at first glance) but it is fascinating to see the amulets over the skull. Here's an extract:
"To get all of this done so quickly is just amazing," said Dreyfus. "It's an ongoing project. We're going to learn more and more as time goes on. This is just preliminary."
Early findings, though, are proving fruitful.
The scans show Irethorrou had his wisdom teeth, establishing a minimum age of 25 for his death. But his teeth showed signs of wear, leaving Elias to estimate he was older than 25 when he died. Spine curvature and fractures in the lower back suggest he was as old as 45, Elias noted.
A more curious discovery is that one of Irethorrou's wisdom teeth didn't grow in, allowing the one above it to grow farther down. It's a feature Irethorrou shared with his father, Ankh-Wennefer, another mummy studied by Elias. Ankh-Wennefer, whose mummified remains are owned by the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma, Wash., had the same abnormality.
"That was unexpected, but wonderful to see," said Elias.
Research hasn't revealed a specific cause of death, but lesions on Irethorrou's back suggest he may have died of an infection.
- Exhibition: Wrapped
The News Tribune (Craig Sailor) About 2,600 years ago, a man named Ankh-Wennefer lived in the Egyptian city of Akhmim. He raised at least one son, served as the second prophet in the temple of Min, and upon his death was given funereal customs the average...
- Exhibitions
Tutankhamun in San Francisco Al Ahram Weekly By Zahi HawassHawass talks about how permission was granted for the exhibition to travel to San Francisco, overturning a decision that was made for San Francisco to be included from the list of venues. Child...
- More Re The Hancock Museum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/hvkhz (icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk)"Details of the life and death of an ancient Egyptian woman began to emerge yesterday after her mummified body was scanned at a Tyneside hospital. Experts from the Hancock Museum in the city are examining...
- Secrets Of A Middle-class Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/r9zgy (telegraph.co.uk)"Modern medical advances are being used to unlock the secrets of a middle class Egyptian woman who lived and died 3,000 years ago. The mummified remains of Bakt Hor Nekht, encased in a linen and plaster inner...
- Pesed: Peeling Back Time
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_424846.htmlThe mummy Pesed has been mentioned more than once on this blog. She was donated in 1885 by the Reverend John Giffen, a missionary to Egypt and a Westminster graduate, to the Westminster...