Egypt
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing)
With photos.
- Radiocarbon Dating Of Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing) Accompanied by some lovely photos. Our research to further understand the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose continues. Carbon-14 (C-14) dating was one of the first scientific analytical techniques that...
- Pigments And Inks Typically Used On Papyrus
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzig) A really fascinating blog post, which I missed back in September, about the materials which were used to write on and illustrate papyri, using the example of the New Kingdom papyrus, the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker...
- More Re Turin Papyrus
Discovery Channel News (Rossella Lorenzi) Good summary of what the Turin Canon actually is and what the newly discovered fragments mean for its interpretation. Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding...
- Daily Photo - Book Of The Dead Of Nakht
This lovely papyrus is held in the British Museum. Unfortunately the light isn't great (it is in a dim corner and the glass cabinet reflects the lighting) but these should give some idea of the details shown on the papyrus. This scene shows Nakht...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...
Egypt
Repairing the Book of the Dead
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing)
With photos.
Repairing papyrus can be a little like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. In order to make sense of the many small pieces at hand, we take advantage of the various examination techniques we have here in the lab.
One method of examination we use is the use of transmitted light, which is light which passes through a transparent material from one side to the other. Transmitted light is very useful in understanding how a sheet of papyrus is made and therefore, how it fits back together.
Use of the microscope is another instrument which makes our work easier. Under magnification, and in combination with transmitted light, we can see clearly what we are doing and this makes our repairs and placing of loose fragments more precise. It’s important to make as few and as small repairs as possible in order to stabilize the piece so that as much as possible of the original papyrus is visible.
- Radiocarbon Dating Of Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzing) Accompanied by some lovely photos. Our research to further understand the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker Amun, Sobekmose continues. Carbon-14 (C-14) dating was one of the first scientific analytical techniques that...
- Pigments And Inks Typically Used On Papyrus
Brooklyn Museum (Rachel Danzig) A really fascinating blog post, which I missed back in September, about the materials which were used to write on and illustrate papyri, using the example of the New Kingdom papyrus, the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker...
- More Re Turin Papyrus
Discovery Channel News (Rossella Lorenzi) Good summary of what the Turin Canon actually is and what the newly discovered fragments mean for its interpretation. Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding...
- Daily Photo - Book Of The Dead Of Nakht
This lovely papyrus is held in the British Museum. Unfortunately the light isn't great (it is in a dim corner and the glass cabinet reflects the lighting) but these should give some idea of the details shown on the papyrus. This scene shows Nakht...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...