Project
IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database
Office of Digital Humanities
Photo caption
Mummy, Egyptian collection at the British Museum, London.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Photo caption
Mummy, Egyptian collection at the British Museum, London.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
The IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database is a large-scale, multi-institutional collaborative research project devoted to the scientific study of mummified remains using non-destructive medical imaging technologies. Initially focused on Egyptian mummies, it has been established to undertake radiological examinations of variability in patterns of health and disease and of mummification practices within and between time periods.
IMPACT was funded in part by an NEH award through the Digging into Data Challenge, an initiative of the Trans-Atlantic Platform.