Mummy 527 B* belongs to the “Giovanni Marro” Egyptian Collection of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin. This mummy of a one-year-old pre-dynastic child was found in Gebelein in 1935 in a small necropolis discovered during excavations of the “Missione Archeologica Italiana” led by G. Farina, the new Director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, with the participation of Prof. G. Marro as anthropologist. A whole body spiral CT scan with thin slices (1,00 mm thickness, 0,5 mm reconstruction interval) was followed by multiplanar and 3D reconstruction. The aim was to evaluate the child’s age at death, the possible presence of pathologies incompatible with life and the state of preservation. This study confirms the fundamental role of non-invasive techniques in the study of such rare pre-dynastic specimens.

CT scan and 3D reconstruction of the pre-dynastic child mummy 527 B* (Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Turin)

BOANO, ROSA;MATTUTINO, Grazia;TORRE, Carlo;RABINO, Emma
2005-01-01

Abstract

Mummy 527 B* belongs to the “Giovanni Marro” Egyptian Collection of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin. This mummy of a one-year-old pre-dynastic child was found in Gebelein in 1935 in a small necropolis discovered during excavations of the “Missione Archeologica Italiana” led by G. Farina, the new Director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, with the participation of Prof. G. Marro as anthropologist. A whole body spiral CT scan with thin slices (1,00 mm thickness, 0,5 mm reconstruction interval) was followed by multiplanar and 3D reconstruction. The aim was to evaluate the child’s age at death, the possible presence of pathologies incompatible with life and the state of preservation. This study confirms the fundamental role of non-invasive techniques in the study of such rare pre-dynastic specimens.
2005
V World Congress on Mummy Studies
Turin
2-5 Settembre 2004
LXXX, n.1
329
330
mummy; pre-dynastic; Gebelein; CT scanning; 3D reconstruction
BIANUCCI R; BOANO R; CARNAZZA G; LALLO R; MATTUTINO G; TORRE C; RABINO MASSA E
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