SEAMS has outlined an innovative interdisciplinary methodology that represents a non-invasive, cost-effective, diagnostic alternative to destructive analyses in identifying the mummies’ contexts. Outstanding institutions and specialists experienced in different fields collaborated in refining a diagnostic and thorough protocol and finding dependable tools to go beyond the limits of the visual observations. In doing so, a specific reference workflow, that combines traditional techniques with new technologies, has been developed with the aim of understanding whether the wrapping weaves of votive animal mummies are dating and geographic indicators. To this end, more than 200 animal mummies, chosen because of their elaborate wrapping system and a related archive dataset, have been included in the research.
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