19 Oct 2018
Between 9-18th October, I travelled to Egypt with the support of a Marlay Travel Grant to share the latest research for the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Egyptian Coffins Project and soft launch the project’s new online resource. Particular focus was placed on the findings of two coffin sets from the Museum’s collection - the 21st Dynasty yellow coffin set of Nespawershefyt and the 25th Dynasty coffin set of Pakepu, in order to highlight the types of discoveries that we have made by taking a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of ancient Egyptian coffins. That is, one that brings together advanced imaging techniques, such as Computed Tomography (CT) scanning and X-radiography, with a range of subject specialists, including Egyptologists, conservators, a pigment specialist, an expert in ancient woodworking techniques, an expert in historical painting techniques and a consultant radiologist.
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Our latest book, featuring the work of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Egyptian coffins project, has just been published.
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From 9 to 18th October, Melanie Pitkin travelled to Egypt to give a series of talks about the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Egyptian coffins project and to ‘soft launch’ this online coffins resource. We were pleased to be able to share the results of our project with colleagues from Egypt, but we also wanted to test the new website, which will form the basis of our online publication of the Museum’s Egyptian coffin collection. Feedback from our colleagues enable us to improve the way we present information and to find out what further resources people are looking for.
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