Theresa Emmerich Kamper
Profession: Prehistoric Leather Specialist
Dr. Theresa Emmerich Kamper is an avid practitioner of traditional living skills and primitive technology of all kinds and has tanned skins using traditional technologies for over twenty-five years. She originates from the state of Wyoming in the United States, where she was lucky enough to grow up as part of a family of outdoor enthusiasts. The vast tracks of wilderness surrounding her hometown allowed ample opportunity to practice and hone her practical skill sets.
Learning to tan was a natural offshoot of the attempt to use as much of the animal as possible and had the added bonus of producing a beautiful end product. Through much trial and error and with the support of very tolerant parents, Theresa learned to brain tan skins between the age of 12 and 13. Later interaction with other traditional tanners and excellent written information vastly improved the efficiency and quality of her tanning process.
May 03, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
A first of its kind discovery was recently reported to have come out of a comprehensive study by scientists of Poland on an Egyptian mummy dating back to 1st century BCE. For decades, it was believed that the said mummy was of a male priest after being X-rayed at a medical center in Otwock, Poland, in 2015.
However, a recent finding confirmed that the body belongs to a pregnant woman, unfolding an unexpected turn of event that was missed out on for decades.
A research group called the Warsaw Mummy Project has been conducting an examination of more than 40 mummies at the National Museum in Warsaw, which started in 2015. After decades of research, the new finding was said to be absolutely unexpected , according to Dr. Wojciech Ejsmond, an archaeologist who led the research team.
Isabel Montañez, the winner of the 2021 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, is an expert in ancient climate change. She’s pictured in front of equisetum plants on campus, which she calls “living fossils” because their ancestors evolved more than 300 million years ago. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)
Although she grew up speaking Spanish and French, like many children who immigrated to the United States, Distinguished Professor Isabel Montañez struggled with English in high school and college. One university professor told her she would never graduate, Montañez recalled.
Those difficult experiences inform her interactions with undergraduates at UC Davis. For Montañez, that means respecting every student as an individual and taking time to recognize and support their goals. “She made me feel like a priority even while she was teaching classes, reviewing scientific papers and traveling around the world for research projects,” said former student
Allyson Waller, The New York Times
Published: 03 May 2021 01:04 PM BdST
Updated: 03 May 2021 01:04 PM BdST A pregnant Egyptian mummy is pictured during a research work in this undated handout photo. WARSAW MUMMY PROJECT/O. Leydo/Handout via REUTERS
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Scientists in Poland made the discovery while conducting a comprehensive study, which started in 2015, of more than 40 mummies at the National Museum in Warsaw, said Wojciech Ejsmond, an archaeologist and a director of the Warsaw Mummy Project, which led the research.
In a First, Researchers Discover a Pregnant Egyptian Mummy
“It’s like finding a treasure trove while you are picking up mushrooms in a forest,” an archaeologist said. “We are overwhelmed with this discovery.”
The world’s first known pregnant Egyptian mummy being X-rayed at a medical center in Otwock, Poland, in 2015. At the time, the mummy was thought to have been a male priest.Credit.Aleksander Leydo/Warsaw Mummy Project, via Agence France-Presse Getty Images
May 2, 2021, 10:19 a.m. ET
An Egyptian mummy that for decades was thought to be a male priest was recently discovered to have been a pregnant woman, making it the first known case of its kind, scientists said.