{"id":55052,"date":"2024-03-08T10:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.he-arc.ch\/?post_type=he-arc_project&p=55052"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:13:52","slug":"doa-the-daughter-of-amun-2","status":"publish","type":"he-arc_project","link":"https:\/\/www.he-arc.ch\/en\/projets-recherche\/doa-the-daughter-of-amun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DOA \u2013 The Daughter of Amun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Project leader\n <\/div>\n
\n Valentin Boissonnas<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mummy dates to the Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BC) and was brought to the shores of Lago Majore by the Swiss collector Zaccaria Zanoli at the end of the 19th<\/sup> century. It was exhibited together with the Zanoli collection at the Palazzo Communale of Brissago from 1916 to the 1960s. After more than a hundred years of non-controlled exhibition and storage, the mummy and its cartonnage case are in dire need of conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND AIMS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The complete study of the human remains will not only help to identify the age and medical history of Ta-sherit-en-Imen, but will also give valuable information on the embalming techniques that were used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to devise adapted conservation measures all materials present (human remains, textiles, cartonnage, polychrome layers) need to be identified and characterized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adapted conservation measures will allow the preservation of all materials and bring back dignity to the body that was prepared for eternity approximately 2800 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the project, Ta-sherit-en-Imen will be placed back into her cartonnage case and integrated into the new permanent exhibition of the Kulturama of Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the blog: DOA \u2013 Daughter of Amun | blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FUNDINGS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n