Wild crocodiles hunted to make mummies in Roman Egypt: Evidence from synchrotron imaging

SM Porcier, C Berruyer, S Pasquali, S Ikram… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
An ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy (MHNL 90001591, Musée des Confluences, Lyon,
France) dating to the Roman period and discovered at Kom Ombo (Upper Egypt) was …

Imaging of ancient Egyptian animal mummies

LM McKnight, SD Atherton-Woolham, JE Adams - RadioGraphics, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Human mummies have long been studied by using imaging as a primary investigative
method. Mummified animal remains from ancient Egypt are less well researched, yet much …

Evidence of diet, deification, and death within ancient Egyptian mummified animals

R Johnston, R Thomas, R Jones, C Graves-Brown… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The clues to life and death of mummified animals can remain hidden beneath their
wrappings. Developments in non-invasive imaging have enabled detailed study of their …

Application of clinical imaging and 3D printing to the identification of anomalies in an ancient Egyptian animal mummy

LM McKnight, JE Adams, A Chamberlain… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Non-destructive assessment of wrapped mummified animal remains from ancient Egypt
using imaging techniques is the most ethically viable manner by which to investigate bundle …

Synchrotron “virtual archaeozoology” reveals how Ancient Egyptians prepared a decaying crocodile cadaver for mummification

C Berruyer, SM Porcier, P Tafforeau - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Although Ancient Egyptians mummified millions of animals over the course of one
millennium, many details of these mummification protocols remain unknown. Multi-scale …

[HTML][HTML] The Story of an Egyptian Cat Mummy Through CT Examination

M Amendola, S Ikram, D Lippi, F Argenti, F Boschin… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Much of the fascination surrounding Egyptian civilization is linked to the practice of
mummification. In fact, to ensure the preservation of the body, the ancient Egyptians …

A digital introspection of a mummy cat

R Gaugne, S Porcier, T Nicolas… - 2018 3rd Digital …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, through the accessibility of new medical imaging technologies, research
on animal mummies of Ancient Egypt has become increasingly important, leading to a better …

Crafting a corpse,“cheating” the gods: A composite mummy from ancient Egypt studied with computed tomography

K Kalampoukas, S Kyriazi, A Maravelia… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Composite mummies do not contain a corpse but are made from body parts or bones and
other materials. They are genuine mummies made in ancient Egypt for spiritual reasons …

Fatal trauma in a mummified shrew: micro-CT examination of a little ancient Egyptian bundle

S Panzer, AG Nerlich, R Hutterer, R Bicker… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro-computed tomography examination was used to identify the content of a little ancient
Egyptian mummy bundle and to analyze pathologies and the cause of death. The bundle …

Crocodile Rock! A bioarchaeological study of Ancient Egyptian reptile remains from the National Museum of Lithuania

DP Mascali, R Jankauskas, G Piličiauskienė… - Archaeologia …, 2023 - epublications.vu.lt
Abstract [eng] Remnants of what was believed to be a single baby crocodile, originating from
ancient Egypt and curated in the National Museum of Lithuania, have been recently …