Find below an overview of some of our ongoing projects and projects with participation of the SMP.

• Diagnostic imaging of ancient mummies to understand the evolution of health and disease and esp. application of novel imaging tecniques
  • X-ray and CT as current the gold-standard in mummy imaging
  • Development / Evaluation of other emerging imaging techniques such as MRI and Terahertz
  • Monte Carlo simulation based research on the impact of radiation on ancient dry cells

• Dental pathologies in ancient mummies
  • Swiss Mummy Dental Project

• Embalming techniques in Ancient Egypt
   

• Meta-analyses of ancient mummy studies
   

• aDNA Analysis: ancient DNA analysis of selected mummies to find out more about disease in antiquity
  • aDNA-Lab, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM)

• Histological analyses of ancient mummified tissues (Iranian Salt mummies, mammoth baby Lyuba)
   
• Ancient Egyptian Mummies
  • Thutmosis III temple Project
  • University of Basel Kings' Valley Project
• Mummies in Japan
   
• Iranian Saltmen
  • Chehrabad Saltmummy & Saltmine Exploration Project
  • current: with exhibition in Bergbaumuseum Bochum

Peruvian mummy undergoing CT-Scan, Source: Siemens Press Picture