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6/29/2013

 
Museum visitors can unwrap a mummy. A museum in Sweden will digitize its mummy collection in 3D to allow visitors to unwrap a real mummy in digital form. The permanent exhibition is scheduled to open in the spring of 2014. The curators hope it will help visitors gain a deeper understanding into the lives of ancient Egyptian people.

The museum in Sweden will scan six mummies using a process called reality capture technology, where high-resolution 3D digital models can be made by compiling data from photos and X-ray scans.

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Museum visitors will be able to explore the mummies as if they were archaeologists. Interactive visualization will make collections more accessible to other museums and researchers. The museum visitors will be able to zoom into very high resolution to see details like carving marks on a sarcophagus and artifacts buried with the body. They should gain a deeper understanding of the men and women inside the mummy wrappings.


In this way, the mummies will become strong mediators of knowledge from our past.


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I've always been fascinated by ancient Egyptian culture. All of my books refer to aspects of their past, mostly The God's Wife of Amun. Still Rock Water hints at reincarnation. The second in the series Tidal Surge will be released in July. To interact with a mummy in digital form would be interesting.

The portraits painted on to panels that covered the heads of mummies form part of an exhibition at the city's John Rylands Library. The panels, which have rarely been shown in public, were bequeathed to Manchester Museum by cotton magnate Jesse Haworth in 1921. Rather than traditionally Egyptian, they could be Greek or Roman.

Journey through the underworld

v  When ancient Egyptians died, they believed they were setting off on a journey to the afterlife

v  preserving the body through mummification would help them to travel there

v  The soul would make a dangerous journey through the underworld and overcome demons using magic

v  Once there, they would meet Osiris, lord of the underworld

v  If Osiris judged them to be good, their soul would reunite with their body and they could live in paradise for eternity

Their beliefs were not so different to those of many religions today. In time, the shared technology will allow people around the world to explore this fascinating ancient culture. In the meantime, we can read books and use our imagination.




Sophie Bowns link
6/29/2013 01:59:18 am

Can I just say that I'm glad that the unwrapping of the mummy is done in digital form! Technology is so amazing isn't it?

Francene Stanley link
6/29/2013 03:25:49 am

I agree. Digital form is the only way to go. The mummy would get wrecked otherwise.

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen link
6/29/2013 03:20:45 am

I visited a museum in Cairo, Egypt, and was fascinated by the mummies on display! Unwrapping them would be amazing. I would do it in real life, not just digitally. I'd be fascinated to see what's underneath all the "wrapping paper"....

Francene Stanley link
6/29/2013 03:27:02 am

I visited the museum in 1988. The displays were amazing, but the guards with their old guns were a bit scary.

Alana link
6/29/2013 01:24:26 pm

I was fascinated by ancient Egypt as a little girl. I've never gotten to Egypt although one of my cousins was able to visit. I would enjoy the opportunity of unwrapping a mummy virtually. I've seen specials on mummies and the process they used to make them is fascinating.

Francene Stanley link
6/29/2013 05:25:34 pm

Maybe you'll visit Egypt one day. Or, wait until digital unwrapping arrives at a museum near you.

Jenny link
7/4/2013 04:27:32 am

I was lucky enough to be a visiting student in the osteology section of a museum in Peru when they brought in a newly-discovered mummified body that had been found in the mountains. It was fascinating to see it up close and personal!


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