Professors Ronald Beckett and Jerry Conlogue X-rayed a mummified hand, an elongated mummified ibis and a mummified falcon for an exhibit of Egyptian artifacts at the new Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square Odditorium.

Ripley’s Times Square, which opened in June, houses the ultimate in the odd and bizarre, including 24 shrunken heads, a section of the Berlin Wall, a 3,197-pound meteorite and Babe Ruth’s Believe It or Not’s New York team baseball uniform.

A monitor displays a continuous video loop of the 3-D X-rays of the three Egyptian artifacts. Beckett and Conlogue produced the 3-D X-rays with radiographers Monique Hardy and Quinnipiac alumna Amy Kovac, both of Advanced Radiology Consultants in Trumbull.

“The 3-D technology is one of the most state-of-the-art and dramatic things in the entire building,” said Edward Meyer, vice president of exhibits and archives for Ripley Entertainment. “Ron and Jerry’s work is a very exciting addition to our collection, helping us leap well into the 21st century in museum displays.”

Beckett and Conlogue produced the X-rays through Quinnipiac’s Bioanthropology Research Institute. Beckett and Conlogue are co-executive directors of the institute. Beckett is a respiratory care professor and chairman of cardiopulmonary sciences and diagnostic imaging. Conlogue is an associate professor of diagnostic imagining.

Beckett and Conlogue hosted the National Geographic Channel series "The Mummy Roadshow" from 2001 to 2004. Their 2005 book “Mummy Dearest” detailed their pioneering work using radiography and endoscopy to unlock mysteries of the world's most baffling mummies. The show also revealed the sometimes light-hearted nature of the discovery process.