Mummies
Categories
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Links
Howstuffworks: How Mummies Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/mummy.htm
Photographs show how and why mummies were preserved, and how X-ray radiography and CAT scanning technology were used to examine the mummy without having to remove its bandages.
The Royal Theban Mummy Project
http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages1/intro.htm
William Max Miller aims to present archeological data about New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period royal mummies from the Theban cache tombs in an accessible way.
Oasis of the Dead
http://www.archaeology.org/9909/etc/oasis.html
Roman-era tombs southwest of Cairo yield scores of gilded mummies.
Egyptian Mummies
Information about mummies for readers, writers, and learners of all ages.
Egyptian Mummies
http://www.kingtutone.com/mummies
An illustrated description of mummies in Ancient Egypt, the mummification process, and unwrap and examine the virtual mummy.
Buck Teeth Clue to Mystery of a Royal Mummy's Boy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,856983,00.html
From Guardian, mummy with buck teeth and a right royal hairstyle may have settled one of the enduring mysteries of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
Specialists to Work on a 3,000 Year-Old Patient
From ic Southlondon, specialists from a south London hospital have been working on an incredibly elderly patient, she's more than 3,000 years old.
U.S. Museum to Return Ramses I Mummy to Egypt
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0430_030430_royalmummy.html
From National Geographic News, summary account of the identification and planned return of the mummy believed to be Ramses I to its native Egypt.
Ramesses I: The Search for the Lost Pharaoh
http://carlos.emory.edu/RAMESSES/
Presentation regarding the Egyptian mummy believed to be that of Ramesses I. With biography of the pharaoh, history of the mummy, the physical evidence supporting its identification, and its repatriation to Egypt in October, 2003.
This Mummy Has Four Feet, Few Bones and a New Home
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030917073309.htm
From ScienceDaily, archaeologists at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture had no idea what they would learn when they sent Nellie, the museum's Egyptian mummy, to the University of Washington Medical Center to undergo a CT scan three years ago as the first step in a conservation process.
National Geographic: The Mummy Road Show
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/mummy/
Join pioneers in the field of Egyptian mummy paleo-imaging as they solve the mystery surrounding mummies. Pictures and Flash multimedia.
Cat Mummies
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/research/renotes/rn-20txt.htm
A brief study of the subject by Elaine A. Evans of the Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee.
Who Was Who Among the Royal Mummies
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/WENTE/NN_Win95/NN_Win95.html
Article by Professor Edward F. Wente analyzes the identifications and relationships of the royal mummies in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo; published by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
Studying the Mummy of Petosiris: A Preliminary Report
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/NN_SEP91/NN_Sep91.html
Addresses mummy studies generally, and the radiologic examination of the mummy of Petosiris at the University of Chicago Hospitals, a new joint venture to examine and document the Egyptian mummies in the collection of The Oriental Institute; by Dr. Louis T. Kircos and Emily Teeter, Ph.D., The University of Chicago
The Virtual Mummy: Unwrapping a Mummy by Mouse Click
http://www.uke.uni-hamburg.de/institute/medizinische-informatik/index_ENG_16549.php
Computer-generated images and QuickTime VR movies of the interior of an ancient Egyptian mummy.