The Manchester Museum Mummy Project: Multidisciplinary Research on Ancient Egyptian Mummified Remains

abdomen abscesses acid adult alveolar bone Ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians arrow Asru attrition bandages beeswax beetle bitumen body Brothwell calcification canopic jars carbon 14 cartilages cartonnage cavity cm Date coffin Date of acquisition death degenerative changes dental dentition disc spaces disease distal dorsum sella Dynasty Egyptian mummies electron microscopy embalming epiphyses evidence examination extracts Fabric fibres fracture galbanum Hawara head hydrolysis identified incisor indicate insects intervertebral disc intestine joints Khnum-Nakht layers Lumbar lung M. A. Murray Manchester mummies Manchester Museum mandible material method microscope mixture molar mummified mummy n-alkanes natron Nekht-ankh opaque orbits osteoarthritic osteophyte packing Pelvis petroleum possible preserved probably Provenance radiocarbon dating radiographs radiological reconstruction remains resin Ruffer sample Sandison selvedge skin skull soft tissue stained structure Table techniques Thorax tion Tomos tooth Unknown Unrecorded unwrapped W. M. F. Petrie weft worm wrappings x-ray Yes Yes Yes