Mission .
The mission of
the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium is to advance knowledge of ancient Egyptian mummies from Akhmim and other regions. We
use our findings to increase understanding of the processes and rituals of Egyptian mummification. ...
Historically, the Consortium's work has focused on
mummies excavated in cemeteries located east of the town called Akhmim, known in late
antiquity as Panopolis. The ancient population of Akhmim has fascinated scholars for decades. Located 300 miles south of Cairo, Akhmim was a major center
of the cult of the god Min. This deity was integral to Egyptian religious concepts of fertility and resurrection. Many
of the mummies under study by the Consortium belonged to the priesthood of Min. Since 2005, the significance of these
mummies is being carefully assessed using modern CT scanning and 3D printing technology.
The Consortium has assisted museums in developing exhibit content based on its research findings.
It has developed an extensive collection of original forensic facial reconstructions of ancient people based on its ongoing
analysis of mummy data. Through a program of publication, exhibitions and live presentations, the Consortium is
making its research findings available to a wide audience. ...
Link to the exhibition: Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy
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Link to the MummyU educational website!
Collaborative Activities
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| Cartonnage mummy mask of Pesed İAMSCResearch, LLC 2012, All Rights Reserved |
Collaborations Spring 2012: The Mummy Project at Asti: Ankhpakhered
- Wehemefankh The Consortium collaborated
with prominent Italian Egyptologist Sabina Malgora in creating the forensic facial reconstruction of
an unnamed mummy found reburied in the coffin of Ankhpakhered, from Akhmim. The mummy resides today in Asti,
Italy. The reconstructed face inspired a new name for this unknown person. The plaster portrait of Wehemefankh, ("May
he live again") was produced from a rapid prototyped model of the mummy's skull, printed by the Consortium at the
facilities of Pinnacle Health System, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Malgora held an important news conference about
this project in Asti (22 April 2012) featuring the skull model. The forensic sculpture by J.P. Elias was revealed
for the first time in Milan on 10 May 2012.
Autumn 2012: 3D Printshow, London, UK The Consortium exhibited its life size torso of a Egyptian mummy
from Akhmim at the 3D Printshow, London (October 19th to 21st 2012). This 3D printed model was developed by the Akhmim Mummy
Studies Consortium in collaboration with the Bioanthropology and Digital analysis Laboratory of the University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg in 2009. Winter
2013: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts CT Scan of Tcheby Peter
Schertz, Curator of Ancient Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA invited the Consortium to help analyze CT
scan data of the 4000+ year old mummy of Tjeby, unearthed at the Upper Egyptian site of Sheikh Farag in 1923. The scan was
performed for the VMFA by Dr. Jim Snyder at HCA's Independence Park Imaging Center on the evening of February
2, 2013. Tjeby was a nobleman who lived during a fractious time in Egyptian history known as the First Intermediate
Period (2181 - 2040 BC). Central governmental authority had completely broken down, and power rested with community leaders
in various provinces. The cemetery of Sheikh Farag is located about 20 miles south of Akhmim on the eastern side of the
Nile. Little is known about the methods and rituals of mummification common in the region at this time. The
prospect of working on an individual mummified at such a remote period is extremely exciting.
Read the WRIC article on Tjeby's CT scan by AP's Michael Felberbaum
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