Egypt
- In The Lab: Technology Reveals Details Of Haggin Mummy
Recordnet.com This article looks at the science behind the Very Postmortem exhibition mentioned on previous posts. It describes both the scanning process and the information that was revealed. The photo at the top of the article may startle some people...
- Mummy Facing Up To More Scrutiny
Otago Daily Times However the Otago Museum's bandage-swathed mummy may have looked 2300 years ago, it certainly wasn't like film star Elizabeth Taylor. But Taylor's memorable portrayal of Cleopatra in the movie of the same name has left its...
- Radiologists Reveal Mfah Mummy’s Secrets
WebWire Wrapped up for 2,000 years in a manner that indicated wealth and love, the mummy was a mystery child. That changed recently when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston asked The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Department of Diagnostic...
- 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...
- Hancock Museum Mummy Scan
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART40170.html"Experts examining new images of one of the Hancock Museum’s oldest residents, the mummy Bakt Hor Nekht, have started to reveal some of their findings. The 3000 year old mummy, dating from 1070–712...
Egypt
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 coffin, were bought at a local market and brought to Britain in 1820. Now a full Computerised Tomography (CT) scan at Newcastle General Hospital is yielding a wealth of information.
Bakt Hor Nekht was 5ft tall and had a full set of teeth, including wisdom teeth, and no signs of arthritis or bone disease, which suggests she was between 21 and 35 when she died. A substance found on her teeth may have been painted on as a cosmetic exercise after her face was damaged during embalming."
The mummified remains of Bakt Hor Nekht, encased in a linen and plaster inner coffin, were bought at a local market and brought to Britain in 1820. Now a full Computerised Tomography (CT) scan at Newcastle General Hospital is yielding a wealth of information.
Bakt Hor Nekht was 5ft tall and had a full set of teeth, including wisdom teeth, and no signs of arthritis or bone disease, which suggests she was between 21 and 35 when she died. A substance found on her teeth may have been painted on as a cosmetic exercise after her face was damaged during embalming."
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- In The Lab: Technology Reveals Details Of Haggin Mummy
Recordnet.com This article looks at the science behind the Very Postmortem exhibition mentioned on previous posts. It describes both the scanning process and the information that was revealed. The photo at the top of the article may startle some people...
- Mummy Facing Up To More Scrutiny
Otago Daily Times However the Otago Museum's bandage-swathed mummy may have looked 2300 years ago, it certainly wasn't like film star Elizabeth Taylor. But Taylor's memorable portrayal of Cleopatra in the movie of the same name has left its...
- Radiologists Reveal Mfah Mummy’s Secrets
WebWire Wrapped up for 2,000 years in a manner that indicated wealth and love, the mummy was a mystery child. That changed recently when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston asked The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Department of Diagnostic...
- 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...
- Hancock Museum Mummy Scan
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART40170.html"Experts examining new images of one of the Hancock Museum’s oldest residents, the mummy Bakt Hor Nekht, have started to reveal some of their findings. The 3000 year old mummy, dating from 1070–712...