The case of the Egyptian mummy head

This article describes how biocommunicators became an integral part of an interdisciplinary team of health sciences professionals charged with learning more about an ancient Egyptian mummy head. Presented and discussed are events and activities concerning the discovery of a 2,000 year old mummy head, the development and interactions of the interdisciplinary team, and the involvement of biocommunicators and their efforts to research and reconstruct through airbrush illustrations how the mummy head would have appeared prior to mummification.