Name: Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy
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Author: Rönkkö, Essi ; Terpstra, Taco ; Walton, Marc
ISBN: 9781732568419

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Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Block Museum

Author

Rönkkö, Essi ; Terpstra, Taco ; Walton, Marc

Language

English

Pages

112

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.6 x 17.5 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781732568419

Synopsis "Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy"

Portrait of a Child is an illustrated guide to the fascinating story of the mummy known to archaeologists as "Hawara Portrait Mummy No. 4." Discovered in 1910 by British archaeologist Flinders Petrie at the Roman-Egyptian archaeological site of Hawara, the mummified child had been buried with a luminous painted portrait which has captivated viewers ever since. This book tells the story of what cutting-edge research has revealed about her life and death. The centerpiece of a 2018 exhibit at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art titled "Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt," the mummy was the focus on intense, multidisciplinary research. University researchers used CT scan technology to investigate the cause of the child's death and identify the method and materials used in mummification. Traveling to the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the mummy then became the first ever analyzed using Advanced Photon Source synchrotron technology, where a high-brilliance X-ray beam revealed more details about her bone matter and the materials she was entombed with. Accompanied by a wealth of color images, maps, and diagrams, Portrait of A Child, shares new scientific findings, as well as the conservation, ethical, and museological considerations weighed by the researchers and curators. Written for the knowledgeable general reader, the book presents recent multidisciplinary research that explores the mummy, the economic and cultural history of Hawara within the Roman Empire, as well as the life of a girl in Egypt at the turn of the second century.

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