A New Case of Ancient Restoration on an Egyptian Mummy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20371767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giuffra (0000-0001-9108-039X, corresponding author), Valentina Giuffra, G Fornaciari (0000-0002-1334-1707, corresponding author), Rosalba Ciranni (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 274-278 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5133 • E-ISSN: 2514-0582 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030751330609200121 |
| OpenAlex | W152485437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A new example of restoration performed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers on a mummified body is reported. An imaging study of the mummy labelled 2343 in the Archaeological Museum of Naples has revealed the substitution of an artificial wooden ‘prosthesis’ for missing feet. The mummy probably dates to the Ptolemaic-early Roman Period, when other examples of prosthetics occur
Ancient egypt · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2016 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |