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- Title
- 3-D reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mummy using X-ray computer tomography
- Related
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 87, No. 12, (1994), p.806-808
- Related
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1295009/
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Date
- 1994
- Author/Creator
- Baldock, C
- Author/Creator
- Hughes, S. W
- Author/Creator
- Whittaker, D. K
- Author/Creator
- Taylor, J
- Author/Creator
- Davis, R
- Author/Creator
- Spencer, A. J
- Author/Creator
- Tonge, K
- Author/Creator
- Sofat, A
- Description
- Computer tomography has been used to image and reconstruct in 3-D an Egyptian mummy from the collection of the British Museum. This study of Tjentmutengebtiu, a priestess from the 22nd dynasty (945-715 BC) revealed invaluable information of a scientific, Egyptological and palaeopathological nature without mutilation and destruction of the painted cartonnage case or linen wrappings. Precise details on the removal of the brain through the nasal cavity and the viscera from the abdominal cavity were obtained. The nature and composition of the false eyes were investigated. The detailed analysis of the teeth provided a much closer approximation of age at death. The identification of materials used for the various amulets including that of the figures placed in the viscera was graphically demonstrated using this technique.
- Description
- 3 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 3-D reconstruction
- Subject Keyword
- Computer tomography
- Subject Keyword
- Egyptian
- Subject Keyword
- Mummies
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Faculty of Science
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/194402
- Identifier
- ISSN:0141-0768
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2011009835
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-0028149807
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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