The Virtual Mummy - 9780252071003

The Virtual MummyAuthor(s): Sarah U. Wisseman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252071003, 978-0252071003\nSynopsis\nThe Virtual Mummy is a thoroughly readable introduction to the nondestructive techniques used by contemporary researchers to analyze the artifacts and culture of ancient Egypt. It tells the captivating story of the virtual unwrapping of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer.\n The mummy, acquired by the universitys Spurlock Museum in 1989, was from the Fayum region of Egypt and is dated to about 100 [url] Although other mummy projects have used destructive analytical techniques, the Spurlock mummy was never even unwrapped. Minute samples of loose material were taken for dating and for textile and wood analysis with.