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Scarborough Evening News
- Research: Call For A Potential Mummy
Daily Mail Every now and again a somewhat grizzly call goes out for someone to volunteer to be mummified (posthumously, of course!) in the interestes of Egyptological research into the entire process of mummification. Here's the latest. With photos....
- Egytpians Mummified Their Cats With Care
Science Daily Examination of Egyptian mummies has shown that animals such as cats and crocodiles were given a far more careful and expensive trip to the afterlife than previously thought. The mummification process, which was crucial to the ancient Egyptians...
- Harrogate Museum Offers Study Ot Artefacts To Public
Macroworld Investor (Source: The Financial Times) The Harrogate Royal Pump Room Museum have launched a project to enable the public to vote on which of six artefacts from the Egyptology collection should be studied next. MUSEUM visitors are being given...
- Investigating The Death Of Irt Irw
http://www.n-e-life.com/foryou/article2.php?id=77986 "A mystery surrounding the death of one of the Hancock Museum's ancient residents is under investigation following a visit from world renowned Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher. The mummy of Irt Irw,...
- Updated Grime In Egyptian Jar Is The Remains Of Long-dead Priest
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/archive/2005/06/03/Abegjl.newsby.html This URL has changed - the item has been shifted twice already. This is its archive location, so perhaps it will stay put. If not, you should be able to find it by...
Egypt
Making a modern mummy
Radio Times
Not for the squeamish. Last week on the UK tv's Channel 4 a show (Egypt's Last Secret) was aired showing former Torquay taxi driver Alan Billis becoming the human to be mummified in the 21st century using Ancient Egyptian methods.
Billis donated his body to the rather unusual project after discovering he had terminal cancer. It's an intriguing human story - and the science behind it is equally fascinating.
Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret follows a team led by archaeological chemist Dr Stephen Buckley as they attempt to re-create the unique practices of the Ancient Egyptians of the 18th dynasty, the most highly skilled mummy-makers in history.
Dr Buckley gave us his step-by-step guide to making a modern-day mummy...
Scarborough Evening News
Dr Stephen Buckley and Dr Jo Fletcher, who live in Scarborough and work at the University of York, have helped mummify taxi driver Alan Billis, of Torquay. Mr Billis, who was terminally ill with lung cancer, put himself forward for the project, which is the culmination of years of research by the Scarborough pair. . .
Egyptologist Dr Fletcher told the Evening News that she expects the programme to “rattle a lot of cages” due to its controversial nature, but says the whole process was carried out with the full support of Mr Billis’ family.
- Research: Call For A Potential Mummy
Daily Mail Every now and again a somewhat grizzly call goes out for someone to volunteer to be mummified (posthumously, of course!) in the interestes of Egyptological research into the entire process of mummification. Here's the latest. With photos....
- Egytpians Mummified Their Cats With Care
Science Daily Examination of Egyptian mummies has shown that animals such as cats and crocodiles were given a far more careful and expensive trip to the afterlife than previously thought. The mummification process, which was crucial to the ancient Egyptians...
- Harrogate Museum Offers Study Ot Artefacts To Public
Macroworld Investor (Source: The Financial Times) The Harrogate Royal Pump Room Museum have launched a project to enable the public to vote on which of six artefacts from the Egyptology collection should be studied next. MUSEUM visitors are being given...
- Investigating The Death Of Irt Irw
http://www.n-e-life.com/foryou/article2.php?id=77986 "A mystery surrounding the death of one of the Hancock Museum's ancient residents is under investigation following a visit from world renowned Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher. The mummy of Irt Irw,...
- Updated Grime In Egyptian Jar Is The Remains Of Long-dead Priest
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/archive/2005/06/03/Abegjl.newsby.html This URL has changed - the item has been shifted twice already. This is its archive location, so perhaps it will stay put. If not, you should be able to find it by...