CT Investigation of Mummies' Heads

The introduction of visual diagnostics, especially computed tomography, into research on mummies resulted in significant progress in this area of egyptology. The most recent options for visual data processing-3D reconstruction and virtual endoscopy - have created entirely new possibilities, sometimes exceeding human imagination. It has become possible, without unwrapping the objects, to create 3-D images, to navigate inside the space without using endoscopes, and finally to perform credible reconstructions of lifetime appearances of faces of mummified people. We discuss these possibilities.