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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
V WORLD CONGRESS ON MUMMY STUDIES
TORINO, ITALIA
September 2-5 2004
8:00 - 9:30a.m.
9:35 - 10:25a.m.
Thursday September 2nd
Registration
Opening Ceremony
President 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Prof. Emma Rabino Massa
Rector University of Torino, Prof. Rinaldo Bertolino
President, Accademia Nazionale Agricoltura, Torino, Dr. Silvano Scannerini
President, Faculty of Science M.F.N., Enrico Predazzi
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
Invited Lecturers
Prof. Don Brothwell
Prof. Ezio Fulchieri
11:30-11:45
Coffee Break
Symposium 1
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY IN MUMMIES
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
A.C. Aufderheide, A. Nissenbaum, L. Cartmell
Effect of Egyptian bitumen-containing mummification resin on radiocarbon dating
K.A. Clark, P.I. Lambert-Zazulak, A.R. David, R.P. Evershed
Organic residue analysis of natural products used in Egyptian embalming
F.J. Rühli, R.K. Chhem, T.Böni
The earliest radiological publications of mummies
K. Vowles, C. Alsop, A.R. David, J. Adams
Imaging techniques in the identification of internal packing in Egyptian mummies
12:45-1:00
Questions
1:00-2:10 p.m.
Lunch
2:10-2:25
C. Bou, P. Pomar, J. Treil, E. Rabino-Massa, G. Larrouy
CAD/CAM study of excerebration: Application to 20 Egyptian mummy heads from the Marro
Collection, Turin
J. Elias, C. Lupton
The role of computed axial tomography in the study of the mummies of Akhmim, Egypt
S. Frey, H. Gill-Robinson, A. Thelen, S. Hirsch, N. Ladrière, D. Giel, J. Bongartz, P. Hering
Three-dimensional surface measurement with pulsed holography
M.C. Martina, F. Cesarani, A. Ferraris, R. Grilletto, R. Boano, A.M. Donadoni, G. Gandini
Kha and Merit: Multidetector computer tomography and 3D reconstructions of two
mummies from the Egyptian Museum of Turin.
F. Cesarani, M.C. Martina, A. Ferraris, R. Grilletto, R. Boano, A.M. Donadoni, G. Gandini
The three sisters: Multidetector computer tomography and 3D reconstructions of three sister
mummies from the Egyptian Museum of Turin
N. Lynnerup
“Virtopsy”: Medical 3D visualization of Mummies
2:25-2:40
2:40-2:55
2:55-3:10
3:10-3:25
3:25-3:40
3:40-3:55
Questions
3:55-4:10
Coffee Break
4:10-4:25
H. Gill-Robinson, T. Allard
Imaging the skull of the Windeby Child
C. Wilkinson, J. Taylor
The facial reconstruction of Nesperenuub: A comparison of computerized and manual
methods
4:25-4:40
4:40-4:55
4:55-5:10
5:10-5:25
5:25-5:40
5:40-5:55
5:55-6:10
F.J. Rühli, T. Böni, R.K. Chhem
Radiological pitfalls in mummy imaging
C.D. White, F.J. Longstaffe, K.R. Law
Oxygen-isotope variability in Nilotic Nubian mummies: Food, physiology or foreigners?
H.P. Schwarcz, C.D. White, M. Fayek
Detecting seasonality from single osteons in Nubian mummies using Sims analysis
A. Isidro, A. Rodríguez, N. Castro, L.M. Gonzalvez, P.L Fernandez, J. Esteban, A. Malgosa,
N. Diaz, E. Solórzano, G. Masó
Multidisciplinary approach to the “Lady of Kemet”, a Roman-Period Egyptian mummy
L. Pedrini, V. Cortese, F. Cesarani, M.C. Martina, A. Ferraris, R. Grilletto, R. Boano, R.
Bianucci, R.P. Evershed, K.A. Clark, C. Ramsey, T. Higham, G. Gandini, E. Rabino Massa
The “mummy in the dress” of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Turin
Questions
Friday September 3rd
Session A
Symposium 2A
PALEOPATHOLOGY / PALEOPARASITOLOGY
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
O. Appenzeller, HC. Gunga, C. Qualls, R. Furlan, A. Porta, S. Lucas, A. Heckert, K. Kirsch,
M.A. Costa Junqueira, S. Guillén
Fossil biologic rhythms in humans and extinct archosaurs
Frédéric Bauduer
Diseases and therapies in ancient Egypt: What can mummies and other human remains tell
us?
E. Rabino Massa, E. Fulcheri
Post-partum uterus inversion in a Pre-Dynastic mummy from the Marro Collection of the
Museum of Anthropology, Turin.
R. Chhem, P. Schmit, C. Fauré
Did Ramses II really have ankylosing spondylitis? A reappraisal
J. Denton, J. Mann, A.R. David
Starvation, pregnancy and the skeleton in ancient Egypt
M. Ege, A. Nerlich, A. Zink
Epidemiological analysis of tomb complexes from the necropolis of Thebes-West
S. Harter, F. Bouchet
The implications of palaeoparasitology for the study of ancient populations from the Nile
Valley and the Near East: Case studies
10:15-10:30
Questions
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-11:05
A.C. Aufderheide, W. Salo, M. Madden, J. Streitz, J. Buikstra
A 9000 years-old record of Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis)
P. Rutherford
Schistosomiasis in modern and ancient tissues
A.R. Zink, S. Köhler, N. Motamedi, U. Reischl, H. Wolf , A.G. Nerlich
Preservation and identification of ancient M. tuberculosis complex DNA in Egyptian
mummies
G. PÁlfi, I. Pap, L.A. KristÓf, I. Szikossy, H. Donoghue, M. Spigelman, M. Bartah
TB in the mummies of Vác (18–19th centuries, Vác, Hungary)
N. Cerutti, A. Santovito, M. Turina, E. Rabino Massa
Detection of Plasmodium falciparum aDNA in Egyptian mummies
Mark Spigelman
Initial findings on the paleomicrobiological study of 400 naturally mummified
human remains from Upper Nubia
P. Thillaud, Y. Glon, P. Charlier, J.N. Vignal
Autopsy of the mummy of “Fin-Renard”, Bourges (France)
11:05-11:20
11:20-11:35
11:35-11:50
11:50-12:05
12:05-12:20
12:20-12:35
12:35-12:50
Questions
12:50-2:00
Lunch
Symposium 2B
FORENSICS / TATOOS, HAIR & TEETH
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:15
3:15-3:30
C. Rodríguez-Martín
Forensic, anthropological, and pathological analysis of two Guanche mummies from
Tenerife (restituted by Necochea, Argentina)
G. Fornaciari, L. Costantini, R. Ciranni
Mortal gunshot wound in an early 19th century mummy from central Italy
A. Patiño-Umaña
Trephination and decoration: A case study in a human skull from Colombia
C.F. Merbs, A. Cordy Collins
A forensic examination of the Moche giants from prehistoric Peru
R. Lallo, R. Testi, M. Massimelli, R. Bianucci, R. Boano, E. Rabino Massa
A South American embalmed head
K.L. Sperry
Tattoos and mummies: From the ancient to the modern
3:30-3:45
Questions
3:45-4:00
Coffee Break
4:00-4:15
W.A.B. van der Sanden
From paper bodies to waste-paper bodies
H.M. Eduards, R.C. Janaway, A.S. Wilson
Defining the condition of mummified keratotics using molecular spectroscopy
D. Meaglia, E. Costa, F. Barbero, E. Rabino-Massa
Archaeological hair in paleobiological research
L. Cartmell, A.C. Aufderheide, D. Caprara, J. Klein, G. Koren
What were they drinking? A preliminary study of alcohol metabolites in Andean mummy hair
J.S. Williams, M.A. Katzenberg
Investigating diet and disease from the central coast of Peru using carbon and nitrogen
isotopic analyses of hair and nail from 500 year old mummies
A.S. Wilson, M.P. Richards, R.C. Janaway, A.M. Pollard, D.J. Tobin
High resolution diet and seasonality information from archaeological hair
J. Miller
Dental health in ancient Egypt
A. Peluso, V. De Agostini, I. Soubayroux, R. Lallo, E. Bresci, E. Rabino Massa
Dental conditions of Egyptian mummies examined radiologically
I. Szikossy, K. Török, L. Józsa, C. Tari, I. Pap
Stomatological investigation on Hungarian mummies from the 18-19th centuries
4:15-4:30
4:30-4:45
4:45-5:00
5:00-5:15
5:15-5:30
5:30-5:45
5:45-6:00
6:00-6:15
6:15-6:30
Questions
Friday September 3rd
Session B
Symposium 3
ADVANCES IN MUMMY STUDIES IN BRAZIL
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
A. Brancaglion Jr, T. Andrade Lima, S. Mendonça de Souza
The Egyptian collection of the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D.K. Meier, K.J. Reinhard
Conservation assessment of an Egyptian mummy, Museu Nacional
T. Andrade Lima,A. Brancaglion Jr, S. Mendonça de Souza
Curating the Egyptian collection of the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
S. Jarge, C.A da Silva Riehl, P. Fernandes de Aguiar, A. Brancaglion Jr
Chemical analyses of the embalming materials of Egyptian mummies at the National
Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A case study
3:00-3:15
3:15-3:30
C. Calza, J. Godoy, M.J dos Anjos, R.T Lopes, A Brancaglion Jr, S. Mendonça de Souza
Analysis of cartonage pigments of an Egyptian mummy of the Roman Period using X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry
S. Chaves, A. Brancaglion Jr.
Pollen analysis from the resin used for embalming a mummy from the Roman Period of the
first century AD – Museu Nacional (MN/UFRJ), Brazil
3:30-3:45
Questions
3:45-4:00
Coffee Break
4:00-4:15
S. Mendonça de Souza, L. Sianto, A. Araújo
Mummification in the Peruaçu Region, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
M.L.C Gonçalves, A. Fernandes, L. Sianto, L.F Ferreira, A. Araujo
Paleoparasitology of Brazilian mummies
M.L.C. Gonçalves, F. Bouchet, K. Reinhard, L.F. Ferreira, A. Araujo
Protozoan infection diagnosis in mummified material
K.J. Reinhard, A. Lessa, C. Rodrigues-Carvalho
Two Chillon baby mummy bundles
C. Rodrigues-Carvalho, D.K. Meier, V. Weslowski
A Titicaca mummy bundle and an Atacameño mummy in the collection of The National
Museum
S. Mendonça de Souza, F. Nascimento, K.J. Reinhard, A. Araujo
The Jivaro shrunken heads of the National Museum collection
4:15-4:30
4:30-4:45
4:45-5:00
5:00-5:15
5:15-5:30
5:30-5:45
Questions
Saturday September 4th
Session A
Symposium 4
METHODS OF MUMMIFICATION / FUNERARY ARCHAEOLOGY
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
L. Schwappach, G. Conlogue, R. Beckett, A. Campbell, L. Engel
A look ‘inside’ the Egyptian animal mummy industry
B. Rothschild, C. Brandon-Jones, D. Brandon-Jones
Animal mummies: Taphonomic and catacomb-derived
J. Jones
Towards mummification: New evidence for early developments in ancient Egypt
B. Brier, R. Wade
Tools of the ancient Egyptian embalmer
A.G. Nerlich, J. Falter, A. Zink
Why did the Egyptians use natron for artificial embalming? An experimental study on organ
mummification
S.A. Buckley
The materials and methods employed in the mummification of the three bodies in Tomb
KV35 (the “elder woman”, the “boy” and the “younger woman”) in the Valley of The Kings
F. Valentin, C. Sand, J. Bolé
Faténaoué mummies (New Caledonia)
10:15-10:30
Questions
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-11:05
B. Frohlich, N. Bazarsad, D. Hunt, R. Nelson
Natural mummified human remains from the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
S.A. Buckley, K. Al Thour, M. Basalama
The organic materials employed in mummification in ancient Yemen
M. Parker Pearson, A. Chamberlain, O. Craig, P. Marshall, J. Mulville, H. Smith, M. Collins,
J. Hiller, J.L. Schwenninger
Mummification in Bronze Age Britain: The earliest artificial mummies in Europe?
E. Bonis
Body preservation in the Middle Ages: Natural and artificial mummies
11:05-11:20
11:20-11:35
11:35-11:50
11:50-12:05
12:20-12:35
I. Pap, É. Susa, I. Szikossy
The interdisciplinary mummy project of the Hungarian Natural History Museum: Naturally
mummified individuals from the 18–19th centuries, Vác, Hungary.
S. Codinha, J. Pinheiro, E. Cunha, S. de Souza, L. Fernandes, R. Fragoso de Almeida
An 18th-19th century mummy collection from the crypt of the Church of Sacramento, Lisbon
12:35-12:50
Questions
12:50-2:00
Lunch
2:00-2:15
C. Bourbou
Too small to be noticed? Children mummies reveal their stories
J. Davey, D. Ranson, P. Craig, L. Coleman, A. McKenzie
Buried in a shallow grave?
A.R. David
Natsef-Amun, keeper of the bulls: A comparative study of the paleopathology and
archaeology of an Egyptian mummy
S. Ikram
Mummies from Theban tombs 11 and 12
E. Strouhal
Examination of mummies from the tomb of Iufaa at Abusir (Egypt)
A. de Trafford
Exploring the contextual and symbolic relationships between mummies and texts in Old
Kingdom pyramids
2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:15
3:15-3:30
3:30-3:45
Questions
3:45-4:00
Coffee Break
4:00-4:15
F. Bauduer
The royal mummies of ancient Egypt: An odyssey of discoveries and a fascinating source of
data
D.C. Cook
Transitory mummies: Hopewell tombs and the conservation of the dead
G.P. Lombardi
Human remains at Caral, Peru: The earliest human sacrifice?
K.C. Nystrom
Chachapoya mummies from the Laguna Huayabamba
M. Lenares, M. Longhena, G. Gruppioni
Ethno-anthropological study of an Andean mummy preserved in the Civic Museums of
Reggio Emilia
G.P. Lombardi
The mummies of San Lorenzo Island
P. Asingh
News about a Danish Iron Age bog body: Final results of new exams of the Grauballe Man
D. Arenholt-Bindslev, K. Josephsen
Examinations of the teeth and jaws of the Grauballe bog body
H. Gill-Robinson
The bog bodies of Schloss Gottorf: A recent re-examination
C. Wilkinson
The challenges presented in the facial reconstruction of bog bodies
4:15-4:30
4:30-4:45
4:45-5:00
5:00-5:15
5:15-5:30
5:30-5:45
5:45-6:00
6:00-6:15
6:15-6:30
6:30-6:45
Questions
Saturday September 4th
Session B
Symposium 5
CONSERVATION OF MUMMIES AND MUMMIES IN MUSEUMS
8:30-8:45
D. Brothwell
From Iceman to Royal Egyptian mummy, some questions of taphonomy
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
A. Corthals
Now what? Pre-and post-analysis preservation of ancient animal and human molecular
products
M. Jeziorska, P. Lambert-Zazulak, O. Appenzeller, A.R. David, S. Guillén
Natural Preservation Of Tissues – Not So Bad After All?
R. Metcalfe, R.A. David
A minimally destructive method for determining protein preservation
R.C. Janaway, A.S. Wilson
The impact of microclimate on soft tissue preservation in forensic casework
M. Jeziorska, R. Wade, M. Walker, O. Appenzeller
Egyptian versus natural mummification: Tracking the differences in loss of tissue
antigenicity
P.I. Lambert-Zazulak
The international ancient Egyptian mummy tissue bank
10:15-10:30
Questions
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-11:05
A. Vatandoust, M. Hadian Dehkordi
“Saltman”: A new archaeological discovery, scientific investigation, and conservation
C. Oliva, K. Doneux, A. Curti, F. Janot, E. Fiore Marochetti
The mummies of Kha and Merit: Restoration work
N. Gabrielli
Some suggestions for approaching the study and the conservation of ancient human
biological remains: A synthesis of the conservation work in the body of Margherita di Savoia
and the mummy of Zagabria
M. Bazzocchi, E. D’Amicone, M.C. Dossi, F. Toso, L. Vigna
A mummy in Venice: Preliminary report about a work in progress
D.T. Mininberg
An inside view: The museum's mummies
R. Ciranni, D. Pangoli, V. Giuffra, F. Silvano, G. Fornaciari
The Anubi Project. Census and paleopathological study of the Egyptian mummies collected
in Italian museums
C. El-Bcheraoui, O. Dutour , G. Boetsch
Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies in public museums outside Egypt
11:05-11:20
11:20-11:35
11:35-11:50
11:50-12:05
12:05-12:20
12:20-12:35
12:35-12:50
Questions
12:50-2:00
Lunch
2:00-2:15
C. Rodríguez-Martín, R. González-Antón, M. Martín, C. Rosario, M. del Arco, C. del Arco,
R. Paz
The restitution of two Guanche mummies from Tenerife by Necochea, Argentina
L. Vigna
The deposit of the mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Turin: Some remarks about
problems and solutions
A.C. Becerra, A. Patiño, C. Hernández, N. Sánchez, L.E. Villalba
Interdisciplinary conservation in the mummy collection of the Gold Museum, Bogotá
(Colombia)
L. Ventura, A. Ranieri, G. Miranda, G. Fornaciari
Gaetano Corrado. A pioneer in ophthalmology, forensic medicine and paleopathology
2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:15
Questions
3:15-3:40
Coffee Break
Saturday September 4th
Session B
Symposium 6
MUMMIES AND THE PUBLIC
3:40-3:55
3:55-4:10
4:10-4:25
4:25-4:40
4:40-4:55
4:55-5:10
5:10-5:25
5:25-5:40
W.A.B. van der Sanden
Mummies, mugs and museum shops
R. Gorini
Mummies as medicine
M.D Meneses Fernández, M. García Morales, F. Estévez González
Remote ancestors or scientific evidence? Pre-Hispanic mummies from the Canary Islands in
the media
G. Conlogue, R. Beckett, A. Bravo, J. Taylor, R. Horne, R. Wade, L. Cartmell, U.P.
Schmiedl, J. Jones, G. Stanley, N.H Haskell, L. Engel, M.O. Smith, A. Cambell, A. Bucher,
S. Walbaum
Entertaining mummies: Embalming for the sideshow
A. Carli
Fiction, fear and scientific reality in the Italian scapigliatura
J. Day
“Mummymania”: Mummies, museums and popular culture
C. Finn
Written on the body: Bog people as poetic inspiration
Questions
Sunday September 5
Symposium 7
FROZEN MUMMIES
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
C. Ceruti
Offering assemblages associated to the Inca frozen mummies from Mount Llullaillaco
J. Reinhard
Frozen mummies in the Andes: Discoveries in Peru and Argentina
C. Previgliano, C. Ceruti, J. Reinhard, N. Lynnerup
Imaging sans frontieres: Exchanging and working with the digital imaging data of the Mount
Llullaillaco mummies
M. Castro, D. Busel, C. Camargo, M. Moraga, E. Llop E. Durán
The prince of El Plomo: New studies 50 years after its discovery
R. Bruttini, M. Samadelli
The effects of energy sources on the Iceman’s low temperature storage conditions in the
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
I. Marota, L. Ermini, S. Luciani, F. Rollo
Molecular parasitology of the Copper-Age mummy from the Alps
10:00-10:15
Questions
10:15-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-10:45
L. Ermini, S. Luciani, I. Marota, F. Rollo
New microbiological investigations on the Copper-Age mummy from the Alps
F. Tiefenbrunner, E. Egarter- Vigl
Microorganisms and the preservation of the“Iceman”
A.G. Nerlich, E. Egarter-Vigl, B.E. Bachmeier, A. Zink
Histological investigation of a bone core biopsy of the Tyrolean Iceman
K. Oeggl, W. Kofler, A. Schmidl
New aspects about the diet of the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman, “Ötzi”
A.G. Nerlich, B.E. Bachmeier, A. Zink, E. Egarter-Vigl
Histological and biochemical evidence for an intra-vital stab wound on Ötzi´s right hand
10:45-11:00
11:15-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15
E. Egarter Vigl, P. Gostner
What kind of social position and work activity did the Iceman have? Pathological and
radiological indications
12:15-12:30
Questions
12:30-12:45
Closing statement
Announcement of the venue for the VI World Congress on Mummy Studies 2007
Adjourn. Trip to Bolzano at 2:30 p.m.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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R. Bianucci, R. Boano, G. Carnazza, R Lallo, E. Rabino Massa
CT scan and 3D reconstructions of Pre-Dynastic child mummy 527 B* (Museum of
Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin)
E. Bouzaïd, R. Kéfi, F. Paris, R.P Gayraud, E. Béraud-Colomb
aDNA preserved in natural mummies from the Egyptian archeological site of Istabl Antar
(Fostat)
M. Harari, R. Zacco, E. Cappellini, D. Caramelli, R. Benozzo, A. Sparavigna
The head of Pavia
E. Crubézy, H. Dabernat, S. Amory, A. Alexeev, A. Gogolev, O. Melnitchouk, J.F
Magnaval, F.X Ricaut, C. Keyser, M. Gibert, B. Ludes, D. Rougé, G. Larrouy
Frozen burials from Yakoutia (Siberia, Middle Ages). From funerary ritual to genetic,
biological, and pathological studies
R. Floris, G. Floris, V.M. Nurchi, A. Argiolas,G. Coinu
The mysterious mummy of Cagliari
L.A. Kristóf, I. Szikossy, G. Pálfi
The mummy of an 18th century nun: An unusual paleopathological case
L.A. Kristóf, M. Barta H, A. Petrik, G. Forrai, I. Pap, B. Fornet, G. Pálfi
To see into the past–Radiographical methods in mummy investigations
N Lynnerup, S.H. Hansen, C. Kapel, S. Schmidt
Trichinellosis in a Greenlandic child mummy
K. Oeggl, W. Kofler, A. Schmidl, W. Kutschera
Was “Ötzi”, the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman, a shepherd?
I. Pap, I. Szikossy, G. Pálfi, É. Susa, Á. Kustár, L. Józsa, M.H. Barta, L. Kristóf, I. Repa, G.
Bajzik, C. Tari, K. Török, B. Kaufmann, I. Hershkovitz H. Donoghue, M.Spigelman
Mummies from the 18th-19th centuries, Vác, Hungary
A. Rauch, F. Rösing
Experimental mummification as a basis for forensic interpretation of time since death
N. Salis, A. Giuliano, E. La Sala, P.L. Baima Bollone, E. Rabino Massa
Preliminary analysis of dermatoglyphs in mummified specimens: Fine tunning a method
L. Ventura, C. Mercurio, C. Guidotti, G. Fornaciari
Tissue identification and histologic findings in four specimens from Egyptian canopic jars
L. Ventura, G. Miranda, T. Ventura, G. Fornaciari
Anthropology and paleopathology of the natural mummies of Navelli (central Italy).
Preliminary results
J. Campbell, R.A. David, V. Gardner
Pharmacy in ancient Egypt