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The Description de l’Egypte in the Wilbour Library of Egyptology

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Mary Gow

If you have been following the numerous blogs on this website you are aware that the Brooklyn Museum has organized an exhibition of Egyptian objects entitled To Live Forever which is now on tour. Among the objects in the show … Continue reading…

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Q&A about the Conservation of objects for “To Live Forever”

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Tina March

“To Live Forever” is finally up at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and they have done an amazing job posting a wealth of information on their website. The latest bit to go up is a Q&A session about the conservation … Continue reading…

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Conservation Treatment of Demetrios Continues

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Tina March

To recap previous blogs, the mummy of Demetrios is wrapped in linen, then the entire surface of the linen is painted with red lead. On top of that are areas of gilded decoration. The next step in preparing Demetrios for … Continue reading…

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Who Was Demetrios and How Old Was He When He Died?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Edward Bleiberg

The mummy of Demetrios raises a large number of questions that can only be answered with the help of a team of scholars. Each of the team members brings a particular kind of knowledge to answer these questions. Their specialties … Continue reading…

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Conservation Treatment of Demetrios Begins

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Tina March

I’m back from leave, and during the last several months we’ve been busily getting all of the objects ready for the “To Live Forever, Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum“exhibition. In this post, I’ll talk about the conservation of Demetrios … Continue reading…

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Indianapolis prepares for “To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum”

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Edward Bleiberg

A team from the Indianapolis Museum of Art including curator Theodore Celenko, designer Tim Hilldebrand, director of new media Daniel Incandela, and new media project administrator Despi Mayes, Gregory Smith, Technical Designer, and Naeema Jackson, formerly in the Education Department … Continue reading…

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Demetrios gets CT scanned

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Tina March

Photo by Adam Husted Sorry for the delay in this post, but it was a long process organizing the CT scans. When we unpacked Demetrios, we were happy to find that the packing supported him well, and he had survived … Continue reading…

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Demetrios goes for a ride

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Tina March

While Marc was visiting us from the Getty to carry out XRF on our mummy Demetrios, we decided to give Marc a sample of the linen used to wrap him, to perform radiocarbon dating (C14). A small sample (2-5mg) of … Continue reading…

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The Getty Visits Demetrios

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Tina March

On July 5, Marc Walton, a scientist with the Getty Conservation Institute came to examine one of our mummies, knows as Demetrios. He brought a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) machine with him. With this non-destructive technique, he can take readings … Continue reading…

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Meet our mummy, Demetrios

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Tina March

       I would like to introduce you to Demetrios. Demetrios is a mummy in the Brooklyn Museum collection that will be traveling across the country starting summer 2008 along with over 100 Egyptian artifacts from our collection in an exhibition … Continue reading…

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Demetrios in the Times

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

“While mummies have been subjected to CT scans for more than two decades, it was a first for the museum and for North Shore. The goal was to gain insights into who Demetrios was, how he died and what his … Continue reading…

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