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Opening Tawahibre’s coffin
I don’t think many people will argue with me about this – a day at work (heck, a day in my life!) can’t really get more exciting than opening a 2500+ year old Egyptian coffin. For the last several...
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Fragmentary painted coffin from Abydos
If you are a member of the museum, you may have already seen some information about these painted coffin board fragments in the most recent issue of Expedition magazine: These fragments, which date to...
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Wood ID
I’m currently treating 7 fragments of a painted wooden coffin from Abydos. Lately, many of our visitors have been asking what kind of wood was used to make this coffin. This has actually been a...
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Out with the old, in with the new
There are some new objects to see in the lab! Just this week, we began returning some of our recently-treated objects to storage and exchanging them for some new stuff, including a painted wooden...
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I spy with my little eye…
A long time ago I posted an image of our Mummy Gallery, circa 1930s. Well, I find myself returning to this photograph again and again as I work on new objects in the lab. The “Mummy Room” ca. 1935 Can...
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Tawahibre, front and center
As promised, Tawahibre’s coffin lid is now on display, front and center, in the Artifact Lab. Tawahibre’s coffin lid on display at the entrance to the Artifact Lab Getting this Late Period painted...
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The treatment of (half of) a yellow coffin
This week, we finally finished the treatment of the lower half of our 21st/early 22nd Dynasty yellow coffin. A view of the interior of the coffin before (left) and after (right) conservation treatment....
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Observations of a stola coffin lid
As if there is not enough up here (see our recent post about the Egyptian storage move and associated conservation work), this week we brought another quite large object into the lab, and it might be...
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Progress update on the stola coffin treatment
For the past few weeks, it has been full steam ahead on the treatment of the stola coffin lid. The lid is made of smaller pieces of wood joined together, then covered generously in areas with a thick...
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2D to 3D
By Chelsea Kim As an intern working with the conservation department, I have received the opportunity to work on many projects and experience things I never thought I would. Recently I have been...
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