Mummies in Iowa (2)

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Davenport (2)

Putnam Museum
1717 W. 12th St.
Davenport, IA 52804
(563) 324-1933
(800) 435-3701
http://www.putnam.org/
 
2 mummies
Both CT scanned in August of 2007 by Andrew Berkow, M.D., of Radiology Group Imaging Center, LLC at the Genesis Medical Center's West Central Park Avenue Campus.
 
Online Publication Links
 
ABC News Photos of CT Scanning:
 
Reevaluation of the mummy formerly known as Isis Nefret in The Quad-City Times
 
Ghost hunters investigate mummy: photo in Quad-City Times

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1. Unnamed
Young adult male:
Donated by Charles August Ficke, former mayor of Davenport and world traveller in 1896 to The Davenport Academy of Science, which which later merged with the Putnam Museum (Est. 1867). 
 
CT Results:
Breaks to spinal column
Multiple broken ribs
Post-mortem abdominal incision for organ removal.
 
This mummy was never subjected to unwrapping.
 
 
2. Isis Neferit
Female:
CT results suggest age based on teeth wear.
Post-mortem abdominal incision for organ removal.
Heart left in place. 
Donated to the Putnam in 1965 as a bequest of B.J. Palmer (d.1961).
This mummy was unwrapped at some point in the past. 
 
The Putnam Collection also contains a mummified head and two bird mummies. ​