Egypt
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- Mummy Baby Injuries Assessed - Was It A Fall Or Foul Play?
cambridge-news (Jack Grove) Staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital may have uncovered a 1,700-year-old murder during tests on an ancient Egyptian child mummy. Radiographers at the Cambridge hospital made the macabre discovery after they conducted X-ray scans...
- More Re Dna Studies - Focusing On Akhenaten
AP News This article focuses on the identification of the mummy in KV55 as Akhenaten and also looks at why Akhenaten was more important in ancient Egypt than Tutankhamun. Here's an extract. The discovery of Akhenaten's remains lay to rest longtime...
- In The Lab: Looking For Birds In A Mummy
necn.com Video, with partial transcript. Back in 2006 Gerry Conlogue and Ron Beckett used x-rays, a c-t scanner and endoscope to look inside Pa Ib. He's a mummy that has been on display at the PT Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut since 1896....
- Egyptian Mummy Exhibit May Be Son Of Ramesses Ii
The Telegraph (Lucy Cockcroft) An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer, but...
- Ct Scan On Australian Museum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/lulxc (smh.com.au) A short article about routine maintenance leading to CT scans on the prize piece in the Australian Museum's Egytpolgoy collection - a mummy donated to the museum over a century ago. Although the images on the...
Egypt
Tests begin to shed light on Barnum mummy
http://tinyurl.com/yxwv2u (boston.com)
"Radiological tests on the mummy in the Barnum Museum indicate the remains may be those of a woman who was at least 18 years old and possibly 30 or older.
Dr. Ruben Kier, chairman of the board at Advanced Radiology Consultants in Fairfield where the tests were performed Wednesday, said CT scans showed evidence of arthritis in the pelvic area, which is common with women who have given birth.
The examination showed no external genitals, another indication the mummy may have been female, he said. However, the remains were severely dried out, making a definitive identification of the gender difficult."
Dr. Ruben Kier, chairman of the board at Advanced Radiology Consultants in Fairfield where the tests were performed Wednesday, said CT scans showed evidence of arthritis in the pelvic area, which is common with women who have given birth.
The examination showed no external genitals, another indication the mummy may have been female, he said. However, the remains were severely dried out, making a definitive identification of the gender difficult."
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- Mummy Baby Injuries Assessed - Was It A Fall Or Foul Play?
cambridge-news (Jack Grove) Staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital may have uncovered a 1,700-year-old murder during tests on an ancient Egyptian child mummy. Radiographers at the Cambridge hospital made the macabre discovery after they conducted X-ray scans...
- More Re Dna Studies - Focusing On Akhenaten
AP News This article focuses on the identification of the mummy in KV55 as Akhenaten and also looks at why Akhenaten was more important in ancient Egypt than Tutankhamun. Here's an extract. The discovery of Akhenaten's remains lay to rest longtime...
- In The Lab: Looking For Birds In A Mummy
necn.com Video, with partial transcript. Back in 2006 Gerry Conlogue and Ron Beckett used x-rays, a c-t scanner and endoscope to look inside Pa Ib. He's a mummy that has been on display at the PT Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut since 1896....
- Egyptian Mummy Exhibit May Be Son Of Ramesses Ii
The Telegraph (Lucy Cockcroft) An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer, but...
- Ct Scan On Australian Museum Mummy
http://tinyurl.com/lulxc (smh.com.au) A short article about routine maintenance leading to CT scans on the prize piece in the Australian Museum's Egytpolgoy collection - a mummy donated to the museum over a century ago. Although the images on the...