Where Technology Meets The Past

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities - Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm are currently preparing for a permanent Egyptology exhibition at the museum in which modern technology, specifically "3D digitization and interactive visualization" will be utilise to make six of their mummies come to (virtual) life for the museum visitors. 

The exhibition is set to be ready for the public by the spring of 2014. 

For more information about this, click the link below:

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/tii/pressrelease/view/unwrap-a-real-mummy-museum-visitors-explore-historic-artifacts-using-state-of-the-art-3d-reality-capture-and-visualization-technology-878212


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Tips for working in a museum

Thinking of working at a museum? Well, here's a brief article on tips to working in a museum:

Working in Museums - UCL

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Wait. What?!

So according to Antoine Vivenel, "a museum without a mummy, is not a museum". 

For more, click the link below:

http://archaeology-travel.com/museums/a-museum-without-a-mummy/


Personally, I find it somewhat absurd.


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Forever Lost

A day ago, a fire broke out at the Cuming Museum in Southwark and unfortunately a number of Egyptian artefacts including a coin from Queen Cleopatra's reign was lost in the fire.

Click the link below to read more:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/priceless-egyptian-treasures-feared-destroyed-in-south-london-museum-fire-8549200.html#.UVG_5ioJE7A.facebook


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