The mummy of the unknown Mr. X from Achmim in Upper Egypt dates from the Ptolemaic period and is approximately 2300 years old. Along with the mummy of Ms. X, the first virtual mummy, it belongs to the collection of the August Kestner Museum in Hanover.
In the case of Mr. X, it was possible for the first time to record the mummy in its entire length with CT cross-sectional images at intervals of 1 mm.
References
- Renate Germer, Karl Heinz Höhne: Mr. X und Voxel Man. In Rosemarie Drenkhahn, Renate Germer (ed.): Mumie und Computer II, Kestner-Museum, Hannover, 2003, ch. 10, 51-53 (ISBN 978-3-924029-32-6).
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