Using computed tomography, more commonly known as CT-scans, a research team at The University of Western Ontario hopes to unravel the mysteries of three Egyptian mummies on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum's [Egyptian collection].

The CT-scans, which generate three-dimensional images of internal matter, are expected to deliver basic details to the researchers, such as gender and date of death.

It is also possible that artefacts, such as jewellery and amulets may be discovered beneath the bandages.

“This exercise provides us with a very exciting opportunity to use the latest in what medical science has to offer to breathe new life into these messengers from the past,” says Andrew Nelson of The University of Western Ontario’s Department of Anthropology and a research associate of the ROM...

One mummy was excavated by legendary Egyptologist Henri Edouard Naville from Deir el-Bahri ... in 1906-07. Found in the coffin of a low-ranking “wab-priest,” the adult mummy dates from the 21st Dynasty of Egypt, or about 1000 BC...

Research breathing new life into mummies, The Western News, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada, August 14, 2007.

Sedona will soon welcome an international diplomat of sorts when Zahi Hawass, Ph.D., Egypt’s secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities speaks on Saturday, Aug. 25 [2007].

Hawass, who is also the director of Excavations at Giza, Saqqara and the Bahariya Oasis, is known for his world-renowned informative lectures on Egyptology and archaeology. So, following television programs such as “Mysteries of the Pyramids,” live from Cairo with Omar Sharif; “Good Morning America,” live from the Great Sphinx with Joan Lunden; and “The Today Show” with Matt Lauer, it only seems natural he would come to Sedona...

Currently, Hawass says he’s in search for the answer to the question of what lies behind the three doors in the “air shafts” in the Great Pyramid. A scientific team is being selected to build the robot which will explore behind these doors well before man steps foot beyond the dark, he adds.

In addition, he is searching a site west of Alexandria known as Taposiris Magna. There he believes he can find the tombs of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

Lastly, he’s researching the lineage of Tutankhamun. He hopes his studies will answer many questions surrounding the young king and ancient family, he says...

Egyptian flare, Sedona connection, Nate Hansen, The Sedona Red Rock News, Arizona, USA, August 15, 2007.