Museum Exhibit Uses CT Scans, 3-D Printing to Display Mummies

The Science Museum of Minnesota’s “Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs” exhibit—developed by the Field Museum of Chicago— uses CT scans and 3-D printing to display 20 mummies for the first time. From Peru and Egypt, some of the mummified bodies have been lying in repose for as long as 5,000 years. For more information and to buy tickets, click here. Below is a preview of the exhibit.

CT scans of these two beautifully-gilded and decorated mummies of Ptolemaic Egypt revealed a young sister and brother.  (The Field Museum)

A CT scan of a mummy (The Field Museum)

3-D imaging of the inside of a sarcophagus (The Field Museum)