Egypt
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos.
See the above page for the full report from Vincent.
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- Vincent Brown's Breaking News On Egyptology News
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Egypt
Report on the Mummies’ Trip to the Hospital
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos.
Brooklyn Museum’s trip to the hospital with four of their mummies yesterday was an event not to be missed. Many of us all over the world were able to ‘tune in’ via popular social networks such as Flickr and Twitter.
Shelley Bernstein, Brooklyn Museum’s technology geek, delivered a running commentary with photos as the four mummies were taken from the museum to the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.
Tina determines the best route
The innovative use of the micro-blogging platform Twitter not only allowed many to follow the event step by step, but also allowed others to jump in and add their own two cents worth.
As Tina puzzled over a fold-out street map to determine what the best route was that should be taken, one observer Ian suggested Shelly help Tina by using the GoogleMaps application on her iPhone instead. Apparently Tina wanted a real map so Shelley checked the current state of the traffic on the iPhone instead.
Here’s one of her tweets:
brooklynmuseum: Figuring out good route to bring mummies into hospital #mummyCT
In no time at all word had spread all over the world as more people came on to Twitter to follow the event. Others were able to do so because all of messages, or ‘tweets’ as they are known as, had the keyword “#mummyCT” added to them. Others wanting to engage also used that keyword, or ‘hashtag’.
See the above page for the full report from Vincent.
- More Re The Mummy Of Gauteshenu
The Brooklyn Paper (J.J. Despain) A patient checked into an area hospital last week for a routine CAT scan — but doctors couldn’t do anything for her. After all, she’s a mummy who’s been dead for 2,600 years. The Brooklyn Museum took Lady Gauteshenu...
- Brooklyn Museum Mummy Under The Scanner
NBC New York A hospital CT scan device helped look back in time Thursday, examining a mummy more than 2,600 years old from ancient Egypt. At North Shore University hospital in Manhasset, hospital doctors and researchers from the Brooklyn Museum used...
- Vincent Brown's Breaking News On Egyptology News
I have joined forces with Vincent Brown, of the Talking Pyramids website, to add an extra dimension to the blog. Vincent kindly provided access to his daily news updates on Twitter via a feed in the side bar to the right. Vincent has been providing links...
- Ny Hospital Test Reveals Mummy Is A Man
newsday.com It turns out one of four ancient Egyptian mummies thought for centuries to be a woman is actually a man. North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset examined the mummies belonging to the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday. A CAT scan revealed that...
- Hospital Helps Unravel The Mysteries Of Eygpt
This Is London Another older story which I missed from March. A HOSPITAL has helped reveal the secrets of mummified children from Egypt using state-of-the-art technology. A team of scientists, led by forensic Egyptologist Janet Davey, scanned three 2,000-year-old...