Portrait of a child : historical and scientific studies of a Roman Egyptian mummy

Parallelsachtitel: Historical and scientific studies of a Roman Egyptian mummy
Weitere Verfasser: Rönkkö, Essi , [HerausgeberIn]
Terpstra, Taco T. , [HerausgeberIn]
Walton, Marc Sebastian, 1973- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: [Evanston, Illinois] : Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. [2019].
Umfang/Format: 111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Foreword / Lisa G. Corrin & Julio M. Ottino
  • A timeline of Egypt
  • Introduction: A Roman Egyptian mummy from Hawara / Essi Rönkkö, Taco Terpstra, and Marc Walton
  • A girl from Hawara: childhood in Roman Egypt / Essi Rönkkö
  • The many voices of treatment: the conservation of a Roman mummy / Rachel C. Sabino
  • A portrait of a young girl: results from scientific analysis / Victoria Cooley, Caroline Cartwright, and Marc Walton
  • The materials of mummy portraits in the context of the Roman economy / Taco Terpstra
  • Sex, age, and mummification practices: evidence from 3-D x-ray imaging and x-ray diffraction / Stuary R. Stock, Michala K. Stock, Olivia Dill, and Jonathan D. Almer
  • From Egypt to Evanston: the modern afterlife of a portrait mummy / Lorelei H. Corcoran
  • Interior and Exterior: the function and production of mummy portraits in relation to the mummification process / Olivia Dill
  • Visualizing an ancient mummy with x-ray imaging and augmented reality / Nathan Matsuda
  • Audio for the ancients: fine-tuning museum experience with sound / Thomas Molash.