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 RECENT RESEARCH REPORTS 

AMSC-generated research reports are available in PDF format to collaborating projects and institutions. These reports (©Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium) discuss recent AMSC-projects on Egyptian mummies in American collections. All are fully illustrated. Please send requests to [email protected].

2008 Steve Chan, Jonathan P. Elias, Mark Hysell, Michael J. Hallowell, CT of Ptolemaic Mummy from the Ancient Egyptian City of Akhmim. RadioGraphics 2008 28: 2023-2032.

 

2007 Preliminary CT Scan Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy in the Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, AMSC Research Report 16-1 (14 pp). The mummy analyzed is of the mid-Ptolemaic period from Thebes. (©Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium).

 2007 Preliminary CT Scan Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy in the Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa (Putnam 1/AR 21190), AMSC Research Report 17-1 (11 pp). The mummy analyzed is belived to date to the 4th century BC from Akhmim. (©Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium).

2007 Preliminary CT Scan Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy in the Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa (Putnam 2/AR 6-4-129d), AMSC Research Report 17-2 (15 pp). The mummy analyzed is of the late 1st century BC from the Faiyum (possibly Tebtunis). (©Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium).

Other AMSC research articles:

Elias, J. and Lupton, C.  2007 "Mummy Awakenings in Milwaukee," in Archaeological Diggings Vol 14, no. 2 (April/May), 38-41.

Elias, J. and Lupton, C.  2007 "New Studies on the Mummies of Akhmim (2006-2007)," Paper delivered at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Toledo, OH, April.

Elias, J. and Lupton, C. 2007 "The Social Parameters of Mummification in Akhmim (700-200 BC)," VI Congreso Mundial de Estudios sobre Momias, 24 February, Paper 113.

Chan, S., Elias, J., Hysell, M. and Hallowell, M. 2006 "Computed Tomographic Examination of a Ptolemaic Period Mummy from the Ancient Egyptian City of Akhmim." Poster delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, November.

Elias, J., 2006 "Gente di Akhmim," Pharaon Magazine, Anno II, n. 6 (Giugno), pp. 22-28.

Elias, J. and Farmerie S., 2006 "L'antico volto di Pesed," Pharaon Magazine, Anno II, n. 6 (Giugno), pp. 18-22.

Elias, J., Lupton C., and Gill-Robinson, H. 2006 "Recent Forensic Facial Reconstruction in Egyptology," Paper delivered at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Jersey City, NJ April.

Elias, J. and Lupton, C., 2005 "The role of computed axial tomography in the study of the mummies of Akhmim, Egypt." in Proceeedings of the 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Emma Rubino Massa, ed. Journal of Biological Research vol. LXXX, n. 1, pp. 34-38.

Gill-Robinson, H., Elias, J., Bender, F., Allard, T. and Hoppa, R. 2006 Using image analysis software to create a physical skull model for the facial reconstruction of a wrapped Akhmimic mummy. Journal of Computing and Information Technology 14 (1), 45-51.

Elias, J. 2005 Traumatic injuries among the mummies of Akhmim, Egypt. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology (CAPA), Winnipeg, November.

Gill-Robinson, H. & Elias, J. 2005 Computed tomography (CT) scanning and three-dimensional printing in the analysis and interpretation of an Akhmimic mummy. Presented at the British Egyptology Congress, Cambridge, September.

Lupton, C. & Elias, J. 2005 The Wooster Mummy: Implications of a recent CT Study. Paper delivered at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, April.

Elias, J. & Lupton, C. 2004 The Role of Computed Axial Tomography in the Study of the Mummies of Akhmim, Egypt. Presented at the Vth World Congress on Mummy Studies, Turin, Italy, September.

Elias, J. 2004 Two Akhmimic Women: A comparison of Recent CT Scans of Egyptian Mummies. Presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Tuscon, April.

Elias, J. 2003 CT Reconnaisance of the Mummy of Pesed, a Woman of Ptolemaic Akhmim. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Atlanta, April.







 

 

2008 Preliminary CT Scan Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy in the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield Massachusetts. AMSC Research Report 14-1 (15 pp.) The mummy analyzed is of the early Ptolemaic Period (3rd century BC) from Thebes. (©Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium).

Cervical dissociation in an Egyptian mummy. The CT scan of ANSP 1903.1a  (AMSC-4, a.k.a "Annie") revealed a drastically rotated atlas and axis (1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae). The severity of this dismorphia is highly unusual in an otherwise intact human mummy and suggests the possibility of post-mortem disruption  of the body prior to performance of mummification.  Annie's mummy is now the subject of a report published in RadioGraphics 28 (November 2008)© 2008 Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium. All Rights Reserved.


On 29 April 2006, a great team was assembled to perform the CT scan on "Annie" a mummy in the care of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (ANSP). From left: Dr. Jonathan Elias (Director AMSC); Frank Bender (forensic sculptor, AMSC), Dr. Ted Daeschler (ANSP), Carter Lupton (Milwaukee Public Museum, Associate Director AMSC); Cindy Moy (CT Technician, Hahnemann University Hospital); Dr. Michael Hallowell (Director of Radiology, HUH); Dr. Steve Chan (Radiologist, HUH), Jeffrey Ryan (Director of Operations, HUH).

Dr. Samuel Farmerie (left) and Dr. Jonathan Elias of AMSC lift the veil off Frank Bender's recently completed forensic portrait of Pesed, a woman of ancient Akhmim (4 April 2006).

The CT staff of Pinnacle Health System's
Harrisburg Hospital (PHS-HH)have played a
sustained, crucial role in bringing the imagery
of Akhmim's mummies (such as Pesed) into view.
This relationship to AMSC was publically
acknowledged in February 2006. From left,
Karen Botts (CT manager, PHS-HH); Joanne Hand
(Director of CT Department, PHS-HH); Mr. Randy
Lykins (CT Supervisor, PHS-HH), and Jonathan
Elias of AMSC.

Employees of GE Healthcare in Waukesha, WI
witness important test scans on two Akhmimic
mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum. AMSC
staff established scanning protocols and directed
reconnaissance scans at GE facilities on 23 June
2006.
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