From 326e2f2dbff086b928e366dcba29d3e320996e96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hms12 <45968885+hms12@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:36:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Create gharbsoheil_newaniba.md News post about visits to communities in Gharb Soheil and New Aniba in February 2023 --- _news/gharbsoheil_newaniba.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _news/gharbsoheil_newaniba.md diff --git a/_news/gharbsoheil_newaniba.md b/_news/gharbsoheil_newaniba.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4d0de67f --- /dev/null +++ b/_news/gharbsoheil_newaniba.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Visit to Nubian communities in Gharb Soheil and New Aniba +category: news +date: 2023-02-10 +updated: 2023-01-08 +author: Helen Strudwick +tags: [CT scanning, yellow coffin, Nespawershefyt, Addenbrooke's Hospital, construction] +permalink: /news/newCTscanning +thumbnail: /images/news/CTscanningJan23.jpg +images: + - + image: news/CTunloadingJan23.jpg + caption: The sun shines during the unloading of objects for CT scanning at Addenbrooke's Hospital. + - + image: news/CTunwrappingJan23.jpg + caption: Flavia Ravaioli lifts the final layer of tissue paper off the front of Nespawershefyt's mummy board. + - + image: news/CTscanningJan23.jpg + caption: CT Radiographer Lauren England checks the position of Nespawershefyt's mummy board in the CT scanner. + - + image: news/CTscanningunderwayJan23.jpg + caption: CT Radiographer Lauren England watches the progress of the first scan on a computer screen. + - + image: news/CTheadendJan23.jpg + caption: Julie Dawson positions the head end of another yellow coffin (E.1.2004) for scanning. +--- + +This morning, we were able to undertake new CT scanning of part of the [coffin set of Nespawershefyt](https://egyptiancoffins.org/coffins/nespawershefyt). Although we +have X-radiographed the mummy board in the past, its construction was not absolutely clear. Colleagues at [Addenbrooke's Hospital](https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/) +(part of Cambridge University Hospitals) generously offered to CT scan it out of hours, on a Sunday morning when the scanner would not normally be in use. +We were very conscious that the scanner might be needed if there was a call for an emergency CT scan to be carried out, in which case we would have immediately got +out of the way to allow that to happen. Happily nothing like that occurred. We were joined by our brilliant CT scanning advisor and friend +[Tom Turmezei](https://egyptiancoffins.org/team/tom-turmezei), Consultant Radiologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. + +At Addenbrooke's, we were met by CT radiographer Lauren England who carried out the scanning using a relatively new Siemens scanner. This seemed to be really +speedy at scanning, and the results that appeared immediately on the computer screen looked amazingly detailed. +In particular, the scans seemed to show some interesting carpentry in the area of the face that had not been visible at all on the earlier +X-radiographs. We are excited to see what detailed examination of the scans will show up about how this part of the mummy board was put together. +Something else we discovered (not about the mummy board) +was that the sheets we had initially put underneath to support it appeared to be very similar in density to the wood, and this was likely to +make the analysis of the scans a bit awkward. So we replaced them with pillows, and the problem disappeared -- a useful lesson learned! + +At the same time, we took another part of a coffin to be scanned: the [head end from a yellow coffin](https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98444), which is +of a similar date. We have not yet explored this object in a lot of detail. Again, the immediate results from the scans were really promising as we could see how +the wood had been worked to create the shape of the head end, and the way the holes for dowels had been angled. + +We are hugely grateful to Tom and Lauren for giving up their Sunday mornings for this scanning, and to Rob Mackenzie, CT Scanning +Manager at Addenbrooke's for facilitating the visit today. The Fitzwilliam team consisted of [Flavia Ravaioli](https://egyptiancoffins.org/team/flavia-ravaioli/), +[Julie Dawson](https://egyptiancoffins.org/team/julie-dawson/) and +[Helen Strudwick](https://egyptiancoffins.org/team/helen-strudwick/).