Fish Mummies in the Collections of the Náprstek Museum – Preliminary Report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6012457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel Onderka (Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology), Tomáš Přikryl (0000-0002-7939-3622, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-206 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Náprstek Museum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0231-844X • E-ISSN: 2533-5685 |
| Publisher | Národní Muzeum (National Museum, Prague) (PUBLISHER • CZ) |
| DOI | 10.37520/anpm.2022.017 |
| OpenAlex | W4312678791 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The National Museum – Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, Prague, keeps within its collection four ancient Egyptian fish mummies. The specimens were recently examined using computed tomography as a part of the Atlas of Egyptian Mummies Project in the Czech Collections. Preliminary results of the examination using the most advanced, non-destructive radiological methods indicated that the original taxonomical determination of the mummified fish, examined previously by the team led by Eugen Strouhal in the 1970s, as Polypterus sp. (and Gymnarchus niloticus) was not confirmed. Recently, the specimens were classified as belonging to the Siluriformes order
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Fish · Fishery · Geography · National museum · Zoology · Fish Biology and Ecology Studies · Fish Ecology and Management Studies · Identification and Quantification in Food
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |