Quinnipiac researchers help with mummy inventory

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - An international team of researchers that includes two Quinnipiac University professors has received a financial boost to build an information database about mummies around the U.S.

The inventory will include medical imaging of mummified human remains. It's expected to help scholars worldwide as they collaborate on research about particular medical conditions those mummified people might have experienced.

The team building the database is led by a researcher at the University of Western Ontario, and Quinnipiac professors Ronald Beckett and Jerry Conlogue are among those working on the project.

They are executive co-directors of the Bioanthropology Research Institute at Hamden-based Quinnipiac.

The National Science Foundation recently awarded more than $165,300 to help with the database, which is expected to be online for researchers, students and museums within a year or two.