After a few months of doing newspaper work, settling into my new teaching gig, and developing a relationship with an ecommerce site (more about that later), I've got a couple of magazine articles to write over the next few weeks. The first is a story about mummies recently discovered in Egypt. Here's a fascinating fact: One expert suggest only 30% of the artifacts from Ancient Egypt have been discovered.
My story will be focusing on a recent find in Saqqara, Egypt where scientists just found 22 mummies. Here's an AP story about the find: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29098399/
Another recent mummy-related development: Researchers in Chicago are using CT scans to look inside the burial coffin of Meresamun, a temple singer who lived 3,000 years ago. Apparently, she ate very well.
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1421824,CST-NWS-mummy10.article
American Mummy Experts
A few years ago, I interviewed Tiffiny Tung, from Vanderbilt University while I was writing a story about mummies for Super Science magazine. The article was called "Mummies Unwrapped," and you can get the full article from Amazon.
Another possible interview: Kent Weeks
