In my recent post about the Philadelphia Science Festival, I put in a little teaser photograph of one of our child mummies currently in the lab: Now, all of our mummies are special, but this child mummy has several qualities … Continue reading
By Marci Jefcoat Burton As a follow up to my previous blog post, conservation treatment of the second of four sections comprising a mosaic column from Tell al-Ubaid, Iraq is well on its way! For a quick recap, the column … Continue reading
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. I have been thinking about how to recognize this occasion, and the fact that March is Women’s History Month, In the Artifact Lab. First, I would be remiss not to note the Egyptian women represented … Continue reading
A couple weeks ago, I introduced you to our child mummy Tanwa, and now I’m happy to report that I’ve completed her conservation treatment. Tanwa has been in our collection since 1898; she was collected through the American Exploration Society, … Continue reading