CT scan

The results of a two-year study of the mummy of Tutankhamun have not only revealed stunning facts about the pharaoh's life and health, but changed the way several key objects in the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs can be interpreted as well. You can download a brochure (PDF, 388KB) that highlights these discoveries and how they affect the objects on view, and of course attend the lecture by Dr. Zahi Hawass at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House on Monday, March 8, at 7:30 pm.

I recently got to tag along as the mummy of Irethorrou was transported from Stockton's Haggin Museum to the de Young's conservation lab, in preparation for a journey down to Stanford University Medical Center for a CT scan. The mummy of Irethorrou, a 2,500-year-old ancient Egyptian priest from Akhmim, has been in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums since 1917, and had been on loan to the Haggin Museum since 1944.
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