Egypt
- Royal Cornwall Museum Mummy Under The Scanner
This is Cornwall There seem to be so many mummy scans at the moment that it would be useful to collate all the findings. THE ANCIENT world met cutting-edge technology when an Egyptian mummy from the Royal Cornwall Museum had a CT scan. Data from...
- Anthropologists Join In Work Of Reconstructing Mummy's Face
pal-item.com (Rachel E. Sheeley) Forensic anthropologist Andi Simmons was up to her elbow in the interior cavity of the Wayne County Historical Museum's mummy and relishing every minute of it. Advertisement "It's just a phenomenal chance for us,"...
- Safe Journey... Or Your Mummy Back
The Northern Echo TWO Egyptian mummies were yesterday transported into storage in a less than royal fashion – in a box van. Even though the transport was not the most salubrious on offer, they were treated with the utmost care and deference. Segedunum...
- 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...
Egypt
Reconstructed mummy at Segedunum Roman Fort
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART41907.html
"Visitors to the Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend will come face to face with an ancient Egyptian mummy this week, as a 3-dimensional digital image of her head is put on display at the Museum for the first time. The mummy, known as Bakt Hor Nekht, has never been seen before; her intricately decorated coffin sealed out of respect and to preserve her remains. However, a CT scan carried out by Newcastle General Hospital this summer has now been used to create an accurate, detailed digital reconstruction of her head."
See the above page for the full story, with photos of the CT scans.
- Royal Cornwall Museum Mummy Under The Scanner
This is Cornwall There seem to be so many mummy scans at the moment that it would be useful to collate all the findings. THE ANCIENT world met cutting-edge technology when an Egyptian mummy from the Royal Cornwall Museum had a CT scan. Data from...
- Anthropologists Join In Work Of Reconstructing Mummy's Face
pal-item.com (Rachel E. Sheeley) Forensic anthropologist Andi Simmons was up to her elbow in the interior cavity of the Wayne County Historical Museum's mummy and relishing every minute of it. Advertisement "It's just a phenomenal chance for us,"...
- Safe Journey... Or Your Mummy Back
The Northern Echo TWO Egyptian mummies were yesterday transported into storage in a less than royal fashion – in a box van. Even though the transport was not the most salubrious on offer, they were treated with the utmost care and deference. Segedunum...
- 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...