Fridays – “X-Raying the Pharaohs: A Look Inside the Mummies of Ancient Egypt”

4/11 & 4/18 @ 11:00 AM/CH

Instructor: Stephen “Dr. Steve” Phillips, Ph.D.

Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-ray technology in 1895 – did you know that Egyptian mummies were among the very first things ever x-rayed, and that the first publication of a radiograph was by an Egyptologist?

This lecture traces the amazing successes in reconstructing ancient Egyptian lives via the development of radiological technology, from the advent of x-rays to the use of CT-scanning. You will literally travel inside the mummies of Egypt’s non-royal elite, of some of ancient Egypt’s most famous kings, and we even explore mummies that are not even human. A highlight of the lecture is a state-of-the-art virtual 3D fly-through the inside of an actual mummy! And explore what it was like to actually be an ancient Egyptian.