Back to the Manchester Museum

Oct 31, 2024

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CRAFT visited the Manchester Museum once more to carry out the 3D scanning of a few cartonnage pieces that awaited completion. At the time of the first visit, these pieces were part of the successful exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt, which also travelled across USA and China.

Scanning underway at the Manchester Museum. A mummified individual provided with decorated cartonnage from Hawara during the acquisition

Object of this second visit were, primarily, cartonnage pieces positioned on ten mummified individuals from the Fayum Oasis plus a number of additional mummy masks. Once again, these have been completely recorded with a structured blue light scanner and photographed with a high-resolution DSLR camera.

Acknowledgements: CRAFT wants to thank Dr. Campbell Price, Sam Sportun and Susan Martin for their availability and help in making this further research visit possible.