CT scan of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy owned by the Fleming Museum on in Burlington



In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, the curator of the Fleming Museum, looks over an X-Ray showing the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy at the museum in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients.

In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, the curator of the Fleming Museum, looks over the sarcophagus of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy on display at the museum in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with the 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients.


In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, radiologist Jason Johnson shows a CT scan of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy owned by the Fleming Museum on in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients


In this photo taken Jan. 27, 2011, instrumentation and model facility scientist Carl Silver works on the model of a skull made from a CT scan of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy owned by the Fleming Museum in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients.

In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, a 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy is seen on display at Fleming Museum on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children

In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, radiologist Jason Johnson shows a CT scan of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy owned by the Fleming Museum on in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients.

In this Nov. 9, 2010 photo released by the University of Vermont, a mummy is seen before a CT scan at Fletcher Allen Health Care, the teaching hospital at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients

In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, the sarcophagus of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy is seen on display at the museum in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with the 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children

In this photo taken Jan. 27, 2011, instrumentation and model facility scientist Carl Silver holds the model of a skull made from a CT scan of the 6th century B.C. Egyptian mummy owned by the Fleming Museum in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children.

In this Nov. 9, 2010 photo released by the University of Vermont, Janie Cohen, left, the Fleming Museum Mummy, Dr. Jason Johnson, and Aimee Marcereaum DeGalan stand with a mummy for scanning at Fletcher Allen Health Care, the teaching hospital at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients

In this Nov. 9, 2010 photo released by the University of Vermont, a mummy is seen before a CT scan at Fletcher Allen Health Care, the teaching hospital at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vt. A childhood fascination with archaeology and a chance encounter with a 2,700-year-old Egyptian mummy are helping Vermont doctors and law enforcement officials find truth in some of the most challenging of modern-day crimes, the unexplained deaths of young children. The University of Vermont Hospital's CT scans helped doctors create a full-sized, three-dimensional model of the mummy’s skull _ thanks to the latest technology and the sharp detail obtained by cranking up the power on the scanner to levels unsafe for living patients.