>     I am posting this for my husband, who does not have access to
>this list.  Please reply directly to him at:
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>     My husband directs a research project which is studing the
>University of Nebraska State Museum's Egyptian collection.  They have
>been offered an opportunity to x-ray both the human and non-human
>mummies in the collection.  Unfortunately, a century in this climate
>has had detrimental effects on the human remains as well as their
>coffins.  Would anyone, conservator or otherwise, have any suggestions
>on the best way to safely move them???  Any advice on the strength of
>the x-ray machine so that it will penetrate the coffin wall??  Any and
>all advice is appreciated.
>
Contact Carter Lupton, Head of History and Anthropology at the Milwaukee
Public Museum.  When I was Registrar there, Carter and Conservator Ron
Harvey  took it a step further and CAT scanned mummies, ours and those
borrowed from other museums.  The with the cooperation of the Medical
College of Wisconsin.  One mummy was also endoscoped.   Their results were
published, but I don't remember where.

You can contact Carter at 414/278-2797 or email:  [log in to unmask]

HBC

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