Three-dimensional,computer-generated images of the skull & head of Ta-bes,a female Egyptian mummy,compiled from CT (computed tomography) x- ray data. The image was obtained without resort to opening Ta-bes's painted cartonnage coffin,which was placed intact inside the cylindrical CT scanner. From inscriptions on the coffin,it is known that Ta-bes,who lived around 900 B.C.,was a singer in the Temple of Amun in Karnak. The CT examination was a collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts & Brigham & Women's Hospital,Boston,USA,and was aimed at finding medical condition at time of death & to evaluate present condition with regard to conservation & museum display |