MUMAB: A Conversation With the Past

Andrew D Wade; Ronald G Beckett; Gerald J Conlogue; Ramon Gonzalez; Ronn Wade; Bob Brier

doi:10.1002/ar.23152

MUMAB: A Conversation With the Past

Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2015 Jun;298(6):954-73. doi: 10.1002/ar.23152.

Authors

Andrew D Wade¹, Ronald G Beckett², Gerald J Conlogue², Ramon Gonzalez², Ronn Wade³, Bob Brier⁴

Affiliations

¹ Anthropology Department, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada.
² Bioanthropology Research Institute, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut.
³ School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Philosophy Department, Long Island University, Brookville, New York.

PMID: 25755117
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23152

Abstract

In May of 1994, Drs. Bob Brier and Ronn Wade produced the first modern mummy embalmed in the ancient Egyptian tradition. MUMAB (Mummy, University of Maryland At Baltimore) has been studied over the intervening 18 years as part of the Mummy Replication Project, including high-resolution computed tomography scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, and histological examination. The radiological study of MUMAB is combined here with the firsthand discussion of the processes that resulted in the mummy's radiographic appearance. This allows for a close examination of the assumptions made in the radiological study of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains in a way not possible for the ancient remains themselves.

Keywords: MUMAB; ancient Egypt; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; modern mummy; mummification.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mummies / diagnostic imaging*
Mummies / pathology
Radiography