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This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum. 12 months after publication, the articles of each bulletin are uploaded onto the British Museum website for public viewing.
Foreword
David Saunders
A new look at an old cat: a technical investigation of the Gayer-Anderson cat
Janet Ambers, Duncan Hook, Neal Spencer, Fleur Shearman, Susan La Niece, Rebecca Stacey and Caroline Cartwright
A musical instrument fit for a queen: the metamorphosis of a Medieval citole
Philip Kevin, James Robinson, Susan La Niece, Caroline Cartwright and Chris Egerton
The manufacture and decoration of Parthian glazed 'slipper coffins' from Warka
Andrew Middleton, St John Simpson and Antony P. Simpson
Conservation assessment of the Neanderthal human remains from Krapina, Croatia and its implications for the debate on the display and loan of human fossils
Jill Cook and Clare Ward
Analysis and conservation of a weeping glass scarab
Philip J. Fletcher, Ian Freestone and Rainer Geschke
The photo-ageing behaviour of selected watercolour paints under anoxic conditions
Capucine Korenberg
Scientific aspects of ancient faces: mummy portraits from Egypt
Caroline Cartwright and Andrew Middleton
A Spanish Medieval altar 'set': new investigation and assessment of its date and manufacture
Maickel van Bellegem, Stefan Röhrs and Bet McLeod
Wooden Egyptian archery bows in the collections of the British Museum
Caroline Cartwright and John H. Taylor