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Digital mummy

Project details

  • challenge: visualization and animation of an egyptian child mummy
  • field: archaeology and restoration
  • partners: Stanford University, NASA/Stanford Biocomputational Center, Silicon Graphics Inc., The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
  • year: 2005

Technology

  • software: VGStudio MAX from Volume Graphics for data processing, visualization and animation
  • image capturing: experimental medical C-Arm computed tomography scanner by Siemens

Data set size

  • resolution: 0.4 mm isotropic
  • total scanned data set size: > 90 GB

Digital Mummy Project

In 2005, Volume Graphics was one of the partners in an exciting project: An intact egyptian child mummy was scanned using a medical CT system, and  VGStudio MAX was then used to create an animation which is still unique in the field of archaeology (video). The results of this project were published during a large event at which the original mummy was also presented. One of the findings was that the mummy was that of a girl of about 5 years and that she had probably died of natural causes (more).