Enabling 3D CT-scanning of cultural heritage objects using only in-house 2D X-ray equipment in museums

FG Bossema, WJ Palenstijn, A Heginbotham… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Visualizing the internal structure of museum objects is a crucial step in acquiring knowledge
about the origin, state, and composition of cultural heritage artifacts. Among the most …

[HTML][HTML] Advantages and limitations of micro-computed tomography and computed tomography imaging of archaeological textiles and coffins

S Lipkin, VP Karjalainen… - Heritage …, 2023 - heritagesciencejournal …
We have recently studied northern Finnish archaeological textiles extensively using
computed tomography (CT) imaging. These textiles have been found in inhumation burials …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating expert feedback on the spot in a time-efficient explorative CT scanning workflow for cultural heritage objects

FG Bossema, SB Coban, A Kostenko… - Journal of Cultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Computed Tomography (CT) has proven itself as a powerful technique for analysing the
internal structure of cultural heritage objects. The process followed by conservators and …

Radiology of mummies

M Licata, A Tosi, O Larentis, C Rossetti… - Seminars in Ultrasound …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past, autoptic examinations were usually performed for research. This type of
examination, for obvious reasons, did not appeal to paleopathologists as these procedures …

Giant cell tumor of bone in an eighteenth-century Italian mummy

L Ventura, E Petrella, S Piciucchi, E Cilli, D Luiselli… - Virchows Archiv, 2021 - Springer
Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone is a locally aggressive and rarely metastasizing
neoplasm. It is composed of neoplastic mononuclear stromal cells with a monotonous …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced analytical techniques for heritage textiles

C Margariti, H Lukesova… - Heritage …, 2024 - heritagesciencejournal …
Textiles and textile-related materials constitute an important and multifaceted domain of
material culture. From the earliest civilizations, textiles have been integral to human society …

Mummies in crypts and catacombs

AG Nerlich, R Bianucci - The Handbook of Mummy Studies: New Frontiers …, 2021 - Springer
There exist numerous crypts and catacombs in churches and cemeteries that harbor
mummified human remains. Due to burial customs these are most frequently detected in …

C4‐Plant Foraging in Northern Italy: Stable Isotopes, Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca Data of Human Osteological Samples from Roccapelago (16th–18th Centuries AD)

F Lugli, D Brunelli, A Cipriani, G Bosi… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Human osteological samples (n= 23) taken from different anatomical parts of 11 individuals
from the early modern (16th–18th century AD) site of Roccapelago (Modena, Italy) were …

The study of commingled non-adult human remains: Insights from the 16th–18th centuries community of Roccapelago (Italy)

C Figus, M Traversari, LM Scalise, G Oxilia… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A post medieval mass grave containing hundreds of skeletons, many of which belonging to
non-adults, has been discovered. A large-scale multidisciplinary study has been …

Evidence of neurofibromatosis type 1 in a multi-morbid Inca child mummy: a paleoradiological investigation using computed tomography

S Panzer, H Wittig, S Zesch, W Rosendahl, S Blache… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective In this study, an Inca bundle was examined using computed tomography (CT). The
primary aim was to determine the preservation status of bony and soft tissues, the sex, the …