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The exhibition ‘Curious Mummies: From the Champollions to the Synchrotron’, created by Caroline Dugand and Laure Antunes for the Champollion Museum in Vif, traces the evolution of research into ancient Egyptian mummies and how they are perceived. From the physical analyses of the Champollion brothers to 21st-century virtual analyses, several mummies, both human and animal, are presented as part of a truly modern reflection on human dignity.
From the physical analyses of the Champollion brothers to 21st-century digital data analyses, several mummies, both human and animal, are presented as part of a truly modern reflection on human dignity.
For this project, Novitom was commissioned to create the multimedia content for a display in the final room, focusing on research into mummies in the Grenoble area.
Four animal mummies, studied at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble as part of a PhD thesis, are on display. A virtual 3D rendering showing the interior of the mummy is positioned right next to it. These images give visitors an immediate understanding of their contents.
To the right of the panel, a screen shows a video divided into two parts. The first explains the microtomography technique used to study these mummies directly in the laboratory where the research was carried out: the BM18 instrument at the Grenoble synchrotron. The second part presents the four mummies one by one, along with a full analysis of each. What do they contain? What are they made of? What does this information tell us about the civilisation that produced them? What other scientific analyses could be applied to these mummies, and what would be the value of such new studies?
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