Despite popular and scientific interest in mummies, very few studies of ancient Egyptian mummy collections, especially from the same area, have been conducted. As such, this research is the first comprehensive analysis of mummies from Akhmim, Egypt and is one of only a few studies that investigate a large mummy collection from both a biological and cultural point of view. A group of 25 mummies from the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium database was evaluated using computed tomography. Using computed tomography and the associated imaging software, two dimensional (2D) x-ray scan images were analyzed, then processed and edited to generate three dimensional (3D) models of each mummy. Both the 2D and 3D images of each mummy were used to collect both biological information and cultural data in a nondestructive manner. Results from this study indicated that the population of Akhmim was very diverse. Furthermore, this research both supports and challenges conventional wisdom on how ancient Egyptians were mummifying their dead.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/23992 |
| Date | 08 September 2014 |
| Creators | Klales, Alexandra R. |
| Contributors | Hoppa, Robert (Anthropology) Elias, Jonathan (Anthropology), Burke, Stacie (Anthropology) Goertzen, Andrew (Physics & Astronomy) L'Abbé, Ericka (Anatomy, University of Pretoria) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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