Medical imaging is lifting the lid on ancient Egyptian canopic jars
6/27/2018 09:00:00 PM
Studying the contents of ancient Egyptian conopic jars has value for both Egyptology and biomedical research, but opening them risks destroying the precious biological contents. In a new research article published in European Radiology Experimental, researchers use medical imaging techniques to look inside these ancient vessels.
Medical imaging is lifting the lid on ancient Egyptian canopic jars
The Canopic Jar Project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, is the first in the world to investigate a large series of ancient Egyptian canopic jars from European and American museum collections in a truly interdisciplinary research environment.
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