In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with
scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging
techniques and other scientific approaches to further study
Egyptian mummies. Piecing together key biographical data and
information, it has been possible for the first time to discover
more about who these people were in ancient Egyptian society.
Mummies draws on cutting-edge research to reveal the actual
experience of living and dying in the ancient Nile Valley. Eight
significant mummies are explored, each carefully selected to tell a
different story, covering a period of over 4000 years. They include
a young female temple singer, an unknown man of high status, and a
child from the Roman era. Funerary objects are also highlighted for
context: for example, non-invasive imaging of the contents of
canopic jars; analyses of embalming substances, and identification
of wood species and pigment types used in coffins. The majority of
the material is drawn from the British Museum’s extensive Egypt
and Sudan collections, but the book includes a number of mummies
from other museums to physically reunite individuals originally
buried together in family or communal tombs. This allows
fascinating comparisons to be made. With over 200 specially
commissioned photographs, Mummies sets out to shine a new light on
the past.
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