Last week, two mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum received state-of-the-art computerized tomography, or CT, scans at GE Healthcare in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

The scans will produce three-dimensional images of the mummies that will help uncover how these ancient Egyptians lived and died.

Researchers also will be able to visualize what the mummies looked like when they were alive and build sculptures of their faces.

Carter Lupton, an archaeologist and vice president of museum programs, will analyze the images over the next few weeks. Because the mummies have been scanned before, he has a general idea of what he'll find. But, he said, advances in technology will provide clearer pictures...

Mummies yield more secrets to a new generation of scanners, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin, USA, June 30, 2006.

cf. Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium.

Archaeologists labelled it "The Golden Age of the Pharoahs". Perhaps no other single treasure from that era has done more to mesmerise public attention than the glowing, gold-bejewelled mask of ill-fated young King Tutankhamun.

Travellers from North and South America have been following Tut's slow progress across the US on an almost two-year odyssey, displaying incomparable treasures from his family during the Eighteenth Dynasty.

It turned out to be much safer and far less expensive than jetting off to Cairo to view them at the Egyptian Museum. Perhaps you might like to do the same, with air service now making it easily accessible.

Nearly 130 pieces of ancient treasure that may never leave Egypt again are definitely worth the effort. It will be at Chicago's Field Museum until January 1, when it goes to Philadelphia's [Franklin Institute] for a final exhibit.

Although it has drawn captivated crowds, the museum offers several less crowded, more private ways to savour the treasures in more solitude. More about that later ... Come along as we tour the wonders last seen in America 30 years ago...

King Tut reigns in Chicago, Shirley Rose Higgins, The Bermuda Royal Gazette, Bermuda, June 30, 2006.

cf. Tutankhamun Returns to Chicago, Trine Tsouderos, The Southern Illinoisian, Illinois, USA, July 02, 2006.

Three exhibits at New York museums display Swiss, Mayan and Napoleon-themed pieces.

When the Met mounts one of its Egyptian shows, there's no better theater in town - these monumental works are invariably presented and lit with a majesty that evokes their original intentions. The show about the 15th-century B.C. female Pharaoh Hatshepsut is no exception...

The Dahesh Museum, at 580 Madison Ave., has an extremely stimulating show, "Napoleon on the Nile," on the impact of the French army on Egypt and of Egypt on the French mind. In addition to his army, Napoleon brought a battalion of French scientists and artists with him. Among their achievements was the discovery of the Rosetta stone, which enabled modern men to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The show is full of fascinating material, including some breathtaking drawings of Egyptian animals by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire...

Triple your local treasures, New York Daily News, New York, USA, June 25, 2006.

You'll still have time to see one of the summer's family favorites at the Met. It's a queen who would be king. This queen's name is a mouthful, but CBS 2's Dana Tyler reports that her royal legend is full of intrigue.

As soon as you walk into the Met's great hall, there's a 15,000 pound hint of what you should see in the museum. This imposing sphinx depicting Egypt's first important female head of state welcomes and directs museum-goers to the second floor for "Hatshepsut: From Queen To Pharaoh." This show explores a kind of sovereign gender switch.

Hatshepsut: From Queen To Pharaoh rules at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until July 9 [2006]...

At The Met: 'Hatshepsut From Queen To Pharaoh', WCBS-TV, New York, New York, USA, July 02, 2006. Includes video.