A kidney’s ingenious path to trimillennar preservation: Renal tuberculosis in an Egyptian mummy?

Prates, Carlos; Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Basílio de; Sousa, Sandra; Ikram, Salima

doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.07.002

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“…The museum has three human and seven animal mummies (a falcon, two ibis, and four crocodiles). While their provenances are unknown, the human mummies at some point belonged to aristocratic Portuguese families [3].…”

Section: Egyptian Artifacts In Portugalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Lisbon Mummy Project studied the mummies at the MNA, employing non-destructive radiographic examinations of the specimens. It was done in partnership with Imagens Mé dicas Integradas (IMI) and with the support of Siemens Portugal [2,3].…”

Section: Egyptian Artifacts In Portugalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The burial of the mummy was carried out using a standard procedure. It is adorned with a cartonnage mask and an elaborately painted shroud [3]. Supported by a base of linen and resin, its mask is gilded, specifically in the face region.…”

Section: Sarcophagus #2 (Archive Ref Mna 216)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The back of the wing has a winged deity with vertical hieroglyphics written on each side of the god [22]. The mummy had been previously analyzed as part of the Lisbon Mummy Project [3].…”

Section: Sarcophagus #2 (Archive Ref Mna 216)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Multi-Analytical Study of Egyptian Funerary Artifacts from Three Portuguese Museum Collections

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A diachronic, multi-analytical approach combining EDXRF, µFTIR, µRaman, SEM-EDS, and Py-GC/MS has been adopted with the aim to study for the first time the painting materials used to decorate Egyptian funerary masks and sarcophagi ranging from the Late Period to the Roman Period and stored in the Archaeological National Museum (MNA) and the Carmo Archaeological Museum (MAC) of Lisbon and the Natural History Museum of the University in Oporto (MNH-FCUP). Results indicate that yellow and red ochres, realgar, cinnabar, Egyptian blue, and Egyptian green were used as pigments while chalk served as the preparatory layer. Over the 1000-year timeline of the studied artifacts, the palette remained remarkably consistent with previous findings as exemplified by cinnabar being used for red pigments in samples only dated after the Ptolemaic period. The presence of Sn in Egyptian blue and Egyptian green pigments used in one sample suggests the use of recycled bronze scraps during pigment production. Black pigments in two Late Period masks were found to be produced by mixing Egyptian blue with red ochre suggesting either a hitherto unknown method for production of purple pigments in the Egyptian palette or, alternatively, an attempt to create a specific hue or shade of dark brown or black. The results of this study contribute to further expand the database of Ancient Egyptian painting materials while at the same time helping to valorize three important Egyptian collections in Portugal.

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Section: Egyptian Artifacts In Portugalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Egyptian Artifacts In Portugalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sarcophagus #2 (Archive Ref Mna 216)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The back of the wing has a winged deity with vertical hieroglyphics written on each side of the god [22]. The mummy had been previously analyzed as part of the Lisbon Mummy Project [3].…”

Section: Sarcophagus #2 (Archive Ref Mna 216)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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