Near-infrared Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy of skin samples from the 'Tomb of the Two Brothers,' Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh, XIIth Dynasty Egyptian mummies (ca 2000 BC)

• Published in: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
• Main Authors: Petersen, Susanne, Nielsen, Ole Faurskov, Christensen, Daniel H., Edwards, Howell G M, Farwell, Dennis W., David, Rosalie, Lambert, Patricia, Gniadecka, Monika, Wulf, Hans C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Artificial mummification; Near-infrared Fourier transform; Nekht-Ankh mummy; Qilakitsoq mummy; Raman microscopy; Skin; Tomb of the Two Brothers; Greenland; Qilakitsoq; Two Brothers
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/624cd10b-5a8c-489a-84d5-351473b28cfc; https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.1006

Microscopic near-infrared Fourier transform Raman investigations were performed of skin samples from the Nekht-Ankh mummy found in the 'Tomb of the Two Brothers' in Egypt (ca 2000 BC). Spectra were obtained from various sites on the samples. The lipids and proteins seemed well preserved, a...