Format:
111 Seiten
ISBN:
9781732568419
Note:
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Paint the eyes softer: Mummy portraits from Roman Egypt. The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, January 13-April 22, 2018"--Colophon
,
Foreword / Lisa G. Corrin & Julio M. Ottino -- A timeline of Egypt -- Introduction: A Roman Egyptian mummy from Hawara / Essi Rönkkö, Taco Terpstra, and Marc Walton -- A girl from Hawara: childhood in Roman Egypt / Essi Rönkkö -- The many voices of treatment: the conservation of a Roman mummy / Rachel C. Sabino -- A portrait of a young girl: results from scientific analysis / Victoria Cooley, Caroline Cartwright, and Marc Walton -- The materials of mummy portraits in the context of the Roman economy / Taco Terpstra -- Sex, age, and mummification practices: evidence from 3-D x-ray imaging and x-ray diffraction / Stuary R. Stock, Michala K. Stock, Olivia Dill, and Jonathan D. Almer -- From Egypt to Evanston: the modern afterlife of a portrait mummy / Lorelei H. Corcoran -- Interior and Exterior: the function and production of mummy portraits in relation to the mummification process / Olivia Dill -- Visualizing an ancient mummy with x-ray imaging and augmented reality / Nathan Matsuda -- Audio for the ancients: fine-tuning museum experience with sound / Thomas Molash
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hawara
;
Mumienbildnis
;
Geschichte 100
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