Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003
The virtual tour takes the viewer to the interior and exterior of the mummy via moving CT scans and x-rays taken by Pinnacle Health Systems, Harrisburg Hospital Radiology Department and Vital Images, Inc. while on display at The Whitaker Center in Harrisburg. To view displays, copy the following location into a computer:
http://www.westminster.edu/News/TheMummy/mumindex.html or visit www.westminster.edu and click on About WC, and then click on The Mummy.
The mummy, which was originally thought to be a teenager at the time of her death, was really between 55 and 65 years old. It was purchased for $8 and shipped to the College for $18 in 1885 by The Rev. John Giffen, a 1872 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate who was working as a missionary in Egypt. The mummy is believed to be Lady Pesed Ma Rheres, daughter of Heshor, priest of Khem, and his wife the Lady Urt. Khem was a small Egyptian town on the Nile near the present city of Luxor. These and many other facts are part of the online display.
The mummy, medical reports, replica of stele, and x-rays are on display, along with several mummified animals, at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Mack Science Library, and are open for public viewing.
For more information, contact Dr. Sam Farmerie, professor of education emeritus and curator of cultural artifacts, at (724) 946-7053 or e-mail farmersa@westminster.edu.
