SU Hosts 'Scanning the Pharaohs' Lecture

SALISBURY, MD---Dr. Sahar Saleem, professor of radiology at Cairo University, Egypt, continues Salisbury University’s fall “Intersection of Art and Science” cultural events series with the presentation “Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies.”

Her talk is 7 p.m. Thursday, November 29, in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. (This lecture was rescheduled from its original date of December 3.)

Using cutting-edge multi-detector computed tomography and DNA analysis, Saleem was involved in recent research that provided new information about Egypt’s royal mummies via new imaging techniques. The findings provided new information about the age, medical conditions and more of kings Tutankhamun, Amenhotep III, Tiye, Ramesses II, Ramesses III and others at the time of their deaths.

Sponsored by the SU Cultural Affairs Office; World Artists Experiences, Inc.; and the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Washington, D.C., admission is free and the public is invited.

For more information call 410-543-6271 or visit the SU website.