Getty

A new state-of-the-art animation entitled The Mummification Process features a digital reconstruction of a 20-year-old man from the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. The animation, produced by the J. Paul Getty Museum, illustrates each step in the process from the removal of the organs (displayed as virtually disappearing without the hook through the nose procedure that some squeamish visitors may find upsetting) to the application of the distinctive red pigment to the cartonnage outer wrapping.

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Mary Harrsch

Last three pieces by this author:

Will Virtual Reconstruction of Çatalhöyük be Abandoned Due to High Rent Rates in Second Life? | Italy Demands Repatriation of Getty Villa's Lysippos Statue 'Victorious Youth' | Rome Reborn Team Calls for 4D Technology for Virtual Hadrian's Villa

Photographer, instructional technologist and consulting systems analyst who travels the world photographing historical art and architecture and publishes articles about historical topics, particularly the ancient world.  My photography has appeared in productions for The History Channel and Canadian Public Broadcasting, educational texts in the U.S.