Projects funded by the NCN
Egyptian animal mummies in Poland: Non-invasive and historical research as part of Polish Animal Mummy Project
2019/35/N/HS3/04438
Keywords:
animal mummies ancient Egypt animals in Egypt mummies in Poland National Museum Archaeological Museum Polish collectors mummy studies computed tomography
Descriptors:
- HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)
- HS3_12: Cultural heritage, cultural memory (incl. inventory of monuments and monuments of culture, local history)
Panel:
HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology
Host institution :
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Archeologii
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Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 2
Call: PRELUDIUM 18 - announced on 2019-09-16
Amount awarded: 210 000 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-07-14
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-07-13
Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project completed
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Information in the final report
- Publication in academic press/journals (1)
- The pregnant mummy" from Warsaw reassessed: NOT pregnant. Radiological case study, literature review of ancient feti in Egypt and the pitfalls of archaeological and non‑archaeological methods in mummy studiesAuthors:Kamila Braulińska, Łukasz Kownacki, Dorota Ignatowicz-Woźniakowska, Maria KurpikAcademic press:Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 14, No. 8, strony: 13881), Wydawca: Springer NatureStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1007/s12520-022-01598-z - link to the publication