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The marriage of modern day technology and ancient artefacts has led to some remarkable discoveries in recent times. The latest, involving a 2,300 year-old Egyptian shroud, comes from our very own shores. Thanks to online cataloguing at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, a mummy wrap has been matched to a fragment in the United States Getty Institute. Joined together it depicts scenes and spells from the Book of the Dead.
Canterbury University’s Egyptian art expert Dr Alison Griffith joins Jesse to explain.
Photo: University of Canterbury