International audienceToday, there is a new light is on the research on the mummification processes used by embalmers in ancient Egypt, thanks to modern analysis techniques. These substances, of mineral, animal or vegetable origin, played both an important practical and symbolic roles in the composition of balms used for the preservation of the skin and so in the preservation of the whole body. Thus, these balms allowed the passage of the deceased of the earthly life to eternal life. A multidisciplinary analysis was performed, involving macroscopic observation, microscopic examination, computed tomography and physicochemical analysis. The results are related to the literature data and put on light some of the magical-religious rites surroun...
The first step of the thorough examination practised on the anonymous Egyptian mummy n°90001255 from...
Scientific research on the chemical origins of the imprints on the Holy Shroud has led to the study ...
The study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received increasing attention from a...
International audienceToday, there is a new light is on the research on the mummification processes ...
Mummification was the process through which immortality was granted to the deceased, so it was of ex...
The author has studied the problem of possible using of a hot bath consisting of wax and resin / or ...
International audienceThis paper focused on a multidisciplinary study of mummification balms’ consti...
International audienceThis paper focused on a multidisciplinary study of mummification balms’ consti...
Understanding natural and artificial postmortem alterations in different tissues of the human body i...
Understanding natural and artificial postmortem alterations in different tissues of the human body i...
In the early 1980s a systematic investigation was begun by G. Fornaciari and his staff of a series o...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
The first step of the thorough examination practised on the anonymous Egyptian mummy n°90001255 from...
The first step of the thorough examination practised on the anonymous Egyptian mummy n°90001255 from...
Scientific research on the chemical origins of the imprints on the Holy Shroud has led to the study ...
The study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received increasing attention from a...
International audienceToday, there is a new light is on the research on the mummification processes ...
Mummification was the process through which immortality was granted to the deceased, so it was of ex...
The author has studied the problem of possible using of a hot bath consisting of wax and resin / or ...
International audienceThis paper focused on a multidisciplinary study of mummification balms’ consti...
International audienceThis paper focused on a multidisciplinary study of mummification balms’ consti...
Understanding natural and artificial postmortem alterations in different tissues of the human body i...
Understanding natural and artificial postmortem alterations in different tissues of the human body i...
In the early 1980s a systematic investigation was begun by G. Fornaciari and his staff of a series o...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
International audienceThe study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received incre...
The first step of the thorough examination practised on the anonymous Egyptian mummy n°90001255 from...
The first step of the thorough examination practised on the anonymous Egyptian mummy n°90001255 from...
Scientific research on the chemical origins of the imprints on the Holy Shroud has led to the study ...
The study of animal mummification in ancient Egypt has recently received increasing attention from a...