Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium

Ancient Egypt Coming to Life through CT-based Forensic Studies

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Educational  Exhibits on Egyptian Mummies

The major facet of the Consortium's exhibits program is the Community of Portraits TM begun in 2005. This collection of sensitive forensic facial reconstructions of Ancient Egyptians continues to grow as the Consortium's research expands to include new subjects. The collection has proven to be an extremely effective teaching tool. It has been designed with a basic pair of objectives: to put an accurate human face on the past and to promote an enlightening and compassionate discussion of mummies as representatives of a great and complex civilization which helped to shape our world.

Portrait of “Annie” a teenager, who died

in Akhmim between 250 and 220 BC.

Her mummy resides in the collection

of the Academy of Natural Sciences,

Philadelphia. Community of Portraits TM 

© 2006 Akhmim Mummy Studies

Consortium. All Rights Reserved.

WRAPPED! TM

"WRAPPED! The Search for the Essential Mummy" explores the Western interest in Egyptian mummies as scientific objects, and as sources of artistic inspiration.  Mummies were present in Europe prior to the Age of Reason, and had an effect upon the imagination long before Egypt’s archaeological realities were fully understood. In a very real sense, the fascination with mummies is part of a more pervasive and important transformation in Western artistic sensibilities, contributing to the great classical revival and urge to recover the treasures of antiquity. By the late 18th century, Egypt emerged as an essential proving ground of the scientific method and a hallowed goal where greater truths might be discovered. WRAPPED! TM looks at the role played by modern imaging technology (computed tomography scanning, or CT) in current mummy studies and presents the work of 21st century forensic specialists in studying, and in reconstructing the appearance of members of the important ancient Egyptian community of Akhmim. For more information, email: [email protected] from this link or at the information link provided below.

WRAPPED! features a fantastic collection of rare prints, artifacts, early photographs and modern digital imagery that tells the story of Egypt's mummies and their cultural legacy over the last 400 years.© 2008 Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium. All Rights Reserved.

 

Forensic sculptures based on CT-generated models 

of actual mummies lie at the heart of WRAPPED! the first exhibit to explore ethnic diversity in ancient Egyptian society.  AMSC's sculptures are now developed using 30 tissue-thickness measurements and utilize CT-visible features to improve accuracy. Community of Portraits TM. © 2008 Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium. All Rights Reserved.

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