The Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden plans to open its ground-breaking Egyptian galleries to the public on 18 November with a special exhibit featuring the power of 3D x-ray scanning and visualization.
The imaging technology showcases two mummified adolescent Egyptian giants and evidence of 50 baby crocodiles wrapped together in exterior bindings of palm rope holding two larger crocodiles in place. Although baby crocodiles have been found wrapped inside other mummies, only one parallel is known wrapped in this particular way.
The mummy of the priest Ankhhor has been explored. Thanks to the new visualization, details about his pathology were made clear, giving vital clues about his age and health, as well as details of how the mummification took place and specifically the processes it entailed. All images courtesy of Interspectral.The exhibition has been put together in collaboration with Swedish visualization firm Interspectral.
The crocodile mummy.The museum's Egyptian galleries were closed for 17 months for renovation.
