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Mummified Person Reconstruction, Stage IV

1989.06.0001G

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    Basic Information

    Artifact Identification Mummified Person Reconstruction, Stage IV   (1989.06.0001G)
    Classification/
    Nomenclature
    1. Communication Artifacts
      2. :
    2. Ceremonial Artifacts
      3. :
    3. Funerary Objects
    Artist/Maker Raymond Evenhouse
    Geographic Location
    Period Roman Empire
    Date N/A
    Culture Egyptian
    Location Not on Exhibit

    Physical Analysis

    Dimension 1 (Height) 43 cm
    Dimension 2 (Length) 23 cm
    Dimension 3 (Width) 23 cm
    Weight 3384 g
    Measuring Remarks Under Review
    Materials Plant--Wood, Styrofoam, Plastic, Cardboard, Modeling clay
    Manufacturing Processes CT scans converted to Styrofoam slices and stacked, , Markers placed to approximate the depth of flesh, , Modeling clay filled to the depth of markers

    Research Remarks

    Description N/A
    Published Description N/A
    Bibliography

    "Bound for Eternity," Heritage (November 1990): 3-4.

    "Brown Blotch Befuddles Boffins," Heritage ( October 1993): 4.

    "From Egypt's Sand....To Prairie Land," Heritage (October 1989): 1-3.

    "Mummy Update," Heritage (Spring 1990): 6.

    Sarah Wisseman, The Virtual Mummy (in press, 2002, University of Illinois Press)

    Karen Wright, "Tales from the Crypt," Discover (July 1991) pp. 54-58

    Sarah Wisseman, Linda Klepinger, Richard Keen, Mastura Raheel, and Joseph Barkmeier, "Interdisciplinary Analysis of a Roman Period Egyptian Mummy," Archaeometry '90 (Basel 1990) pp. 345-353

    Mark Proefke, Kenneth Rinehart, Mastura Raheel, Stanley Ambrose, and Sarah Wisseman, "Probing the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt...," Analytical Chemistry 64 (2) Jan. 15, 1992, pp. 105A - 111A

    Raymond Evenhouse and Tony Stefanic, "Image Processing and Solid Modeling Recapture a Mummy's Face," Advanced Imaging (October 1992) pp. 40-43.

    Mark Proefke and Kenneth Rinehart, "Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy Resin by Mass Spectrometry," Journal of the American Mass Spectrometry Society 3 1992, pp. 582-589.

    Sarah Wisseman, "Imaging the Past...," in Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, Sarah Wisseman and Wendell Williams, eds., (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers 1994), pp. 217-234

    Barbara Bohen , "Collaborative Investigation of the University of Illinois Egypto-Roman Mummy," Proceedings of the I World Congress on Mummy Studies 91997) pp. 515-522.

    Wisseman, Sarah U. and David R. Hunt. "Rescanned: new Results from a Child Mummy at the University of Illinois." Yearbook of Mummy Studies, vol. 2, pp. 87-94. Munich: Verlag, 2014.

    Artifact History

    Credit Line/Dedication N/A
    Reproduction N/A

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