A New Case of Ancient Restoration on an Egyptian Mummy

A New Case of Ancient Restoration on an Egyptian Mummy

A new example of restoration performed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers on a mummified body is reported. An imaging study of the mummy labelled 2343 in the Archaeological Museum of Naples has revealed the substitution of an artificial wooden 'prosthesis' for missing feet. The mummy probab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Egyptian archaeology 2006-12, Vol.92 (1), p.274-278
Hauptverfasser: Giuffra, Valentina, Fornaciari, Gino, Ciranni, Rosalba
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anatomy
Ancient civilizations of the near east
Art and archaeology
Bones
Brief Communications
Egypt
Foot bones
Hands
Linen
Mummies
Paleopathology
Prosthetics
Ptolemaic Egypt
Radiology
Resins
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Zusammenfassung:A new example of restoration performed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers on a mummified body is reported. An imaging study of the mummy labelled 2343 in the Archaeological Museum of Naples has revealed the substitution of an artificial wooden 'prosthesis' for missing feet. The mummy probably dates to the Ptolemaic-early Roman Period, when other examples of prosthetics occur.
ISSN:0307-5133
2514-0582
DOI:10.1177/030751330609200121