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SUMMARY:Ancient lives\, new discoveries: eight mummies\, eight lives\, eig
 ht stories - Dr Daniel Antoine\, Curator of Physical Anthropology\, Britis
 h Museum
DTSTART:20141009T140000Z
DTEND:20141009T150000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:The Ancient Lives\, New Discoveries British Museum exhibition 
 focuses on eight people from ancient Egypt and Sudan whose bodies have bee
 n mummified\, either naturally or by deliberate embalming. Using the lates
 t CT scan technology\, they are virtually unwrapped and the information ga
 thered is used to build a remarkable picture of their lives in the Nile Va
 lley over 4\,000 years – from prehistoric Egypt to Medieval Sudan. Danie
 l Antoine will provide an introduction to the exhibition and explain the c
 utting-edge science behind the CT scan visualisations.\n\nAfter the main t
 alk above\, David Hughes will also be giving a short talk on the follow:\n
 \nSpeaker: David Hughes\, 3D graphics visualisation specialist and Solutio
 n Development Manager at the Interactive Institute Swedish ICT\nAbstract: 
 \nA brief contextual background to the origins of the Virtual Autopsy tabl
 e being used by the British Museum for interactive mummy visualisation and
  exploration.\n
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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