Remember the Pa-Ib (pronounced pie-eeeb) mummy -- also known as "Ipy's mummy" -- on which researchers used 64-slice CT imaging to uncover its secrets? It now has its own documentary.
Produced by the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT, the 30-minute documentary, titled "Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: The Quest to Restore Personhood," gives an in-depth look at the mummy's history.
The Barnum Museum has released a documentary on the history of a mummy on which researchers used CT imaging. Image courtesy of the Barnum Museum.Along with investigating the transcriptions on the mummy's coffin, the documentarians also feature CT scans acquired by Gerald Conlogue from Quinnipiac University that were featured in National Geographic's "Mummy Roadshow." The museum said these scans provided the necessary data for facial reconstruction.
The documentary can be found on the Barnum Museum's YouTube page.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
