I have been trying to locate some radiography databases for my research on the sample I have of Egyptian mummies. So far the only site I have found is IMPACT which does not work, does anyone know of any other sites that have x rays, CT's or even just skeletal images of mummies?
I know there are images on the internet but what I was asking, if there was any databases in museums or Universities with records of radiographs
Hi Catherine,
I have some x-ray and ct-scan of roman mummies if it interest you. I think that in the Vatican Laboratories they could have records of x-ray of egyptian mummies because have a discrete collection of their.
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An X-ray atlas of the royal mummies. Edited by J.E. Harris and E.F. Wente. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Catherine, what protocol do you have in mind to differentiate radiographs of mummies from fake? Remember, the radiographs may not show you the external regalia of the mummies but skeletal surveys.
Secondly, I forsee a problem because X-Raying a mummy involves a lot of elaborate permits, arrangement and movements of artefacts. Who is going to have such a database of medical images of mummies?
Even if there were such data, I don't expect it to be free on the internet. I would rather encourage you to write for official permit to go through government archives of Egypt.
Thank you for your advice.
I have only used radiographs from Universities and Museums from their primary sources to avoid fakes.
I know about the regulations and problems with permits, so to my dismay I have only the films produced by others which are of poor quality. This is why I asked for other sources to broaden my data, I thought I could ask on here for some advice. But I know from earlier research and responses on here that there was no such site.
Currently my research is on hold as my new job does not give me time to continues my studies. Thank you for your advice.
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