Egypt
KGAN
All a bit inconclusive:
- Egyptian Gallery At Putman Museum To Be Renovated
Quad-City Times The Putnam Museum's most iconic gallery is about to undergo a renovation, and officials at the Davenport venue want the public's help in giving it a new name to go with the new look. The Egyptian Gallery has housed two mummies...
- Cat Scan Of Adult Mummy From Royal Ontario Museum
The Star The above article looks at results from scans on four mummies owned by the Royal Ontario Museum, one of which, an anonymous adult, was scanned last week. The previously scanned mummies are also described, including two infants and a female musician...
- More Re Putman Museum Mummies
Quad-Cities Online (Anthony Watt) How they died is still a mystery, but examinations of the two mummies at the Putnam Museum have revealed some of their secrets. The mummies, long-time attractions at the Davenport museum, were CT scanned and X-rayed Aug....
- Putnam Museum Hopes Scans Will Tell More About 2 Mummies
WCF Courier The Putnam Museum is sending two of its mummies on a field trip in hopes of learning more about their history.The mummies, described as among the Davenport museum's most prized and popular possessions, will be carefully removed from their...
- Museum Scans Mummies For Clues To Past
http://tinyurl.com/mm5vy (twincities.com) "Two mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum have received computerized tomography, or CT, scans to help determine how they lived and died. The scans will produce three-dimensional images of the mummies that...
Egypt
More re Davenport mummies
KGAN
All a bit inconclusive:
Officials at the Putnam Museum in Davenport want some expert advice on their two mummies.A CT scan taken last week shows how the mummies were preserved -- but how they died remains a mystery. Museum officials says puncture holes, incisions and rolled-up linens seen inside the two bodies offer important clues about the mummification process used thousands of years ago. Now, the museum wants an
Egyptologist or cultural anthropologist to further study the CT scans to help determine when they lived, which would determine how old they are.
- Egyptian Gallery At Putman Museum To Be Renovated
Quad-City Times The Putnam Museum's most iconic gallery is about to undergo a renovation, and officials at the Davenport venue want the public's help in giving it a new name to go with the new look. The Egyptian Gallery has housed two mummies...
- Cat Scan Of Adult Mummy From Royal Ontario Museum
The Star The above article looks at results from scans on four mummies owned by the Royal Ontario Museum, one of which, an anonymous adult, was scanned last week. The previously scanned mummies are also described, including two infants and a female musician...
- More Re Putman Museum Mummies
Quad-Cities Online (Anthony Watt) How they died is still a mystery, but examinations of the two mummies at the Putnam Museum have revealed some of their secrets. The mummies, long-time attractions at the Davenport museum, were CT scanned and X-rayed Aug....
- Putnam Museum Hopes Scans Will Tell More About 2 Mummies
WCF Courier The Putnam Museum is sending two of its mummies on a field trip in hopes of learning more about their history.The mummies, described as among the Davenport museum's most prized and popular possessions, will be carefully removed from their...
- Museum Scans Mummies For Clues To Past
http://tinyurl.com/mm5vy (twincities.com) "Two mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum have received computerized tomography, or CT, scans to help determine how they lived and died. The scans will produce three-dimensional images of the mummies that...