Publications
2025
Maria Diletta Pubblico, “Wrapping Matters: Unpacking the Materiality of Votive Animal Mummies”. Heritage 2025, 8(10), 415. DOI: 10.3390/heritage8100415
2024
Maria Diletta Pubblico and Sofia Ceccarelli, “Wrappings and colors for eternity: scientific investigations on the votive animal mummies’ manufacture” in Cherubini, F., Siniscalco, A. (eds.), Color and Colorimetry Multidisciplinary Contributions, vol. XIX A. Milano: Gruppo del Colore - Associazione Italiana Colore, 2024. DOI: 10.23738/RCASB.011
2023
Maria Diletta Pubblico, “The case of the cat mummy in the cartonnage coffin (MV 18340)". Bollettino dei Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie 41, 2023.
Maria Diletta Pubblico, “The Seams - a Study of Egyptian Animal Mummy Styles – Project: an introduction” in Pirelli, R., M.D. Pubblico, S. Ikram (eds.), Animals in Religion, Economy and Daily Life of Ancient Egypt and beyond [Serie Egittologica, 4]. Napoli: UniorPress, 2023.
Pirelli, Rosanna, Maria Diletta Pubblico, Salima Ikram (eds.), Animals in Religion, Economy and Daily Life of Ancient Egypt and beyond [Serie Egittologica, 4]. Napoli: UniorPress, 2023.
Conferences
2024
Intrecci di colori per l'eternità, indagini scientifiche per lo studio della manifattura delle mummie animali votive
XIX Conferenza del Colore
Virtual conferenza
The wrapping patterns of votive animal mummies: a long-neglected topic
British Museum’s Annual Egyptological colloquium:
Animal mummies: from beliefs to practice
London (UK)
The SEAMS project. A Study of Egyptian Animal Mummy Styles
ARCE Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh (PA)
Outreach activities
2025
Past Textiles - Words and Concepts
Centre for Textile Research (CTR)
Copenhagen (DK)
Interactive Archaeology. Rediscovering the Museo Egizio's artifacts through digital tools
European Researchers' Night 2025
Turin (IT)
Les secrets des momies animales égyptiennes
Musée des Confluences
Lyon (FR)
Unwrapping new insights into votive animal mummies
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University
Lund (SE)
I bendaggi delle mummie animali votive "vraiment quelque chose de prodigieux"
Centro Italiano Studi Egittologici di Imola
Imola (IT)
"Quite a work of art": the votive animal mummies' bandages weaves
Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen (DK)
2024
Threading forward: new insights into votive animal mummies' manufacture
University of Manchester
Manchester (UK)
The SEAMS project
University of Memphis
Memphis (TN)
Animal mummies: study and palaeopathological techniques
University of Pisa
Pisa (IT)
On the threads path
ARCE Chapter
Orange County (CA)
Grants and News
2025
SEAMS and the Museo Egizio in Turin (ME) have been awarded in the 4th H2IOSC TNA/NA call! By using Aton, an open source framework developed by ISPC-CNR, already a valued partner of the SEAMS project, we will create an immersive experience that will support the upcoming reinstallation of the votive animal mummies gallery at the ME. The new display will integrate the latest scientific research on these artefacts, with strong emphasis on digital content. Visitors will be able to explore high-resolution 3D data, access hidden information, and engage with advanced search tools designed for both experts and general public. This innovative approach bridges human and digital sciences, opening new ways of understanding, preserving, and sharing the fascination world of ancient Egyptin votive animal mummies.
For more information, click here.
2024
In December 2024, SEAMS is awarded ‘Project of the Month’ by CORDIS, the European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service.
As primary public repository and portal to disseminate information on all European Union (EU) funded projects, CORDIS elects each month the most valuable research for excellent innovation and impact.
Being featured as the most excellent among such excellent projects, further confirms the distinctive worth of the SEAMS’ achievements accomplished during its first year of action, thanks to the intrepid collaboration of outstanding institutions and specialists experienced in different fields across the world.
In an article, disseminated on its web and social media pages, CORDIS praised the significant innovation of the SEAMS project, in terms of its scope and methodology, as well as the relevant scientific contribution it is already offering to the advancement of the state-of-the-art in the animal mummies field and beyond.
Read the full CORDIS article here.
The SEAMS project has been brought in the limelight on the website of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
Read the full article here.
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