Mummy workshop
(16-20th May, 2022)
16, Monday – Hungarian Natural History Museum
(Address: Budapest, Ludovika tér 2-6., Semsey room)
10-12h: workshop I.: Old and new methods and techniques of field excavation and crypt excavation, opportunities
Introductory lecture by Afaf Wahba
Mummification Sources &Techniques, Applied with field experiences in Egypt.
Discussion – key words:
excavation’s conditions in Egypt, documentation, problems, pitfalls, technical possibilities (photo, x-ray etc.), problems related to sampling, publication of research results, exploration standards, educational opportunities
Lunch
cancelled because of health issue:
13-15h: workshop II.: Possibilities of scientific research of naturally or artificially mummified remains
Introductory lecture by Prof. Mislav Čavka:
Radiology and Mummy research
Discussion – key words:
test methods and tools, such as paleopathology, analyzes performed by CT scans, microscopic examinations, chemical and organic analyzes, C14 age determination, continuing ion beam and isotope analysis, microbiological tests’ anomalies, way of recording, possible tools, pitfalls in the field of radiology and scientific mummy research, what to look for and what not
15-17h: Path to Eternal Life – Ancient Egyptian Mummies exhibition
15-16h: Press tour and interviews
16-17h: Opening ceremony of the exhibition
17, Tuesday – Hungarian Natural History Museum
(Address: Budapest, Ludovika tér 2-6., Semsey room)
10-12h: Meeting for colleagues involved in the Nephthys project
Lunch
13-16h: workshop III: Hungarian researches and Egyptian mummies – Lectures by
Dr. Zoltán Fábián / Dr. Orsolya László:
The experiences of the last 10 years of Hungarian excavations on Khokha Hill (TT184)
Dr. Robert J. Stark,
Mummification and Bioarchaeological Observations from the TT65 Project of the Hungarian Archaeological Mission in Thebes (zoom)
Enikő Szvák:
Research opportunities, successes and pitfalls applied in the Egyptian mummies of the Hungarian Natural History Museum
18, Wednesday – Hungarian Natural History Museum
(Address: Budapest, Ludovika tér 2-6., Semsey room)
10-12h: workshop IV: Museological section:
10-11h: Introductory lecture by Campbell Price PhD
Displaying and Interpreting Egypt’s ‘Golden Mummies (zoom)
11-12h: Prof. Mislav Čavka:
Radiology and Mummy research
Lunch
13-15h: workshop V: Possibilities for conservation and restoration of different mummy types
Introductory lecture by Dr. Albert Zink:
Conservation and preservation of natural and artificial mummies – case of Ötzi
Discussion – key words:
training on mummies in Europe and the world, documentation of the status, lack of mummy restorers, accident/first aid, insect and/or fungal infections, environmental conditions, methods, equipment and related issues, storage and transport conditions, potentials in museum and at excavation’s sites
16-17h: Animal remains, zoom lecture by Prof. Salima Ikram
Making Mummies: Learning from
Experimental Animal Mummification (zoom)
19, Thursday – Semmelweis Museum for Medical History of Hungarian National Museum
(Address: Budapest, Apród u. 1-3)
10-12h: workshop VI: New ethical guidelines concerning all human remains
Introductory lecture by Prof. Dario Piombino-Mascali,
Ethics and Mummy Studies
Discussion – key words:
extent and quantity of destructive sampling in order to obtain research results, photographs of art and publication (with or without clothing, primary gender characteristics visible, or covered), way of professional presentations with scientific and ethical and visitor friendly principles, balance between the presentation of scientific results and the needs of the visitor, adherence to ethical principles.
Lunch
afternoon: free
20, Friday – BHM Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park
(Address: Budapest, Szentendrei út 135. – due to construction work, the Museum can only be approached from Záhony Street)
11-13h: Roman mummy in Pannonia and the BHM Aquincum Museum’s Archaeological Park
Dr. Anita Kirchhof: Presentation of the Aquincum mummy
Zoltán Quittner: Guided tour in the Archaeological Park
Lunch