Mummy's Secrets No Longer Under Wraps
19.05.12
The mummy, known as the Rhind Mummy, was discovered by Alexander H. Rhind, a 24-year-old Scottish Egyptologist who brought her back to. Scotland in 1857. of "Mummy Mania" when mummy unwrappings were common. techniques, a mummy was entombed in the ancient Egyptian city of. Thebes. has learned a great deal about this wrapped female mummy, who died. PALO ALTO, CA and EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, Feb 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --. Two thousand years ago, using state-of-the-art mummification. that Rhind would have appreciated how scientists today, using high. new forensic insights into the ancient practice of mummification. Rhind, a brilliant scholar known for his systematic. Now, using state-of-the-art High Definition Volume. unwrap the artifact, National Museums Scotland together with a team. of radiologists and a forensic pathologist from Edinburgh University. Rendering(R) software from California-based Fovia, Inc. resolution CT scans and Fovia's HDVR(R) Connect software, have gained.
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