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Könyv Virtual Mummy Sarah Underhill Wisseman

Virtual Mummy

Szerző: Sarah Underhill Wisseman
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Puha kötésű
Kiadó: University of Illinois Press
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten alacsony példányszámban
Küldés 13-18 napon belül
7 942 Ft
"The Virtual Mummy" is a thoroughly readable introduction to the nondestructive techniques used by c...

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Szerző
Sarah Underhill Wisseman
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Puha kötésű
Kiadva
2002
oldal
84
EAN
9780252071003
ISBN
025207100X
Enbook ID
04869061
Kiadó
University of Illinois Press
Súly
150
Méretek
146 x 235 x 8

Teljes leírás

"The Virtual Mummy" is a thoroughly readable introduction to the nondestructive techniques used by contemporary researchers to analyze the artifacts and culture of ancient Egypt. It tells the captivating story of the "virtual unwrapping" of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer. The mummy, acquired by the university's Spurlock Museum in 1989, was from the Fayum region of Egypt and is dated to about 100 a.d. Although other mummy projects have used destructive analytical techniques, the Spurlock mummy was never even unwrapped. Minute samples of loose material were taken for dating and for textile and wood analysis without affecting the integrity or display quality of the artifact. Faculty and staff members from area hospitals and University of Illinois departments including classics, anthropology, chemistry, textile sciences, and entomology were recruited by the Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials for the project. The interdisciplinary team implemented a research plan that relied on medical imaging techniques including X rays and CT scans. They also utilized for the first time in the history of mummy research a Cray II supercomputer - at the university's National Center for Supercomputing Applications - to render three-dimensional images of the mummy's skull and body. Replete with illustrations, Sarah U. Wisseman's engaging chronicle of teamwork and research gives readers the chance to experience how ancient history melded with contemporary technology. "The Virtual Mummy" also includes a review of the development of mummification and a general history of mummy research.

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