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The date of a mummified head in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney

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posted on 2024-08-31, 07:02 authored by Karin SowadaKarin Sowada, Geraldine Jacobsen, Fiona Bertuch, Andrew Jenkinson
<p dir="ltr">The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney holds a mummified human head (NM R32) that was obtained by Sir Charles Nicholson during his visit to Egypt 1856-1857. Two tissue samples were taken and carbon was extracted from the samples, converted to graphite and analysed by Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) at ANSTO (Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation).</p>

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Journal title:

Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology (BACE)

Volume:

21

Publication year:

2010

Pages:

115-122

ISSN:

1035-7524

Publisher:

Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie University

Language:

English

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