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A Multi Analytical Investigation of the Original Materials and Previous Conservation Interventions Used in Tutankhamun’s Painted Wooden Bed

Open Archaeology
The bed under study originates from the New Kingdom’s 18th Dynasty, attributed to King Tutankhamun’s reign (1336–1327 B.C.). Among the artifacts discovered in Tutankhamun’s tomb, six daily beds were unearthed, with two located in the antechamber and the ...
Moustafa Mohamed, Sultan Gilan M., Abdrabou Ahmed, Fawzy Samar, Mohamed Hassan, Kamal Hussein M.   +5 more
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Digital transformation at the Grand Egyptian Museum

Cybrarians Journal
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) represents a transformative addition to Egypt's cultural and heritage landscape, set to redefine the traditional museum experience through immersive, interactive, and technology-driven exhibits.
Nancy Ali, Ayman El-Sayed, Amr Abdel Nasser   +2 more
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Skull Triangles: Flinders Petrie, Race Theory and Biometrics

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2016
In 1902 the Egyptian archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie published a graph of triangles indicating skull size, shape and ‘racial ability’.
Debbie Challis
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Computational fluid dynamics simulations of airflow through the nasal passages of rhinolophoid bats

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The nasal passages of bats that emit their echolocation call through their nostrils have adapted for sound emission as well as standard respiratory and olfactory functions. Rhinolophids, hipposiderids and rhinonycterids all use a high duty cycle (HDC) echolocation strategy.
Carley Goodwin, Jason M. Bourke, Daisuke Koyabu, Kyle N. Armstrong, Vuong T. Tu, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Thanakul Wannaprasert, Laura A. B. Wilson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Voices: Ancient to Modern at the Petrie Museum

Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 2012
How do you voice the ancient past? How do you speak a language, the pronunciation of which is contested? Can animate objects speak and if they could, what stories would they tell? Who has the right to make those decisions?
Debbie Challis
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The study of ancient Egyptian fingerprints: preliminary remarks

Journal of Biological Research, 2021
Preliminary results of the scientific project on ancient fingerprints, born from the cooperation between the Egyptian Museum in Turin and the Department of the Scientific Police are discussed.
Matilde Borla, Andrea Giuliano
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An Archaeological study of some lamps models with personification of Human Faces "From the Roman Era in Egyptian Museums." [PDF]

Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2020
This research paper is presenting a study of some of the three dimensional stereoscopic models of lamps (lanterns) of Roman Egypt with personal human faces through some of the various models which are preserved in Egyptian museums Nubian Museum in Aswan /
Dr/Shahira abdel Hamid Hashem
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Curating Structural Sense of Belonging Among Minoritized Students: A Case Study of the Performing Arts

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding collegiate norms and practices that promote sense of belonging among students who have traditionally been raced, gendered, stigmatized, and excluded as the ‘other’ in predominantly white institutions (PWI) is of paramount importance today as these efforts face increasingly antagonistic legislation, state policies, and ...
Nkenji K. Clarke, Rola Tarek Mohamed, Alicia C. Dowd, Sharmistha Barat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jewelled Byzantine and Medieval Reliquaries of the True Cross: Peridots and Other Gemstones in Material and Symbolic Perspective

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello, Stefano Legnaioli, Simona Raneri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Virtual Tomb for Kelvingrove: Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Education

, 1999
The use of computers as an educational resource in museums is becoming increasingly popular as more and more institutions realise that multimedia displays are very successful in imparting a broad variety of information.
Terras, M, Melissa M. Terras
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