Description: The thirteen ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Allard Pierson collection have been CT-scanned and examined by a group of radiologists, biologists, conservators, 3D modellers and Egyptologists. This publication provides the research and (museum) outreach results of this project.
Brief description: Ben van den Bercken is an archaeologist and junior curator of Ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. Formerly, he was assistant-curator Engraved Gems at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. His work on the collection of engraved gems include contributions to the collection's history, Egyptian scarabs and cylinders seals. As an archaeologist he is working at excavations in Alexandria, Egypt.