Upgrade of the x-ray imaging set-up at CCR “La Venaria Reale”: the case study of an Egyptian wooden statuette

X-ray based imaging techniques (digital radiography and computed tomography) are widely used in the field of Cultural Heritage and beyond, above all thanks to their non-invasiveness. The high penetrating power of X-rays allows us to investigate the internal structure of the analysed objects, thus obtaining valuable information related to the history of artistic and archaeological finds. In particular, CT provides data that are more significant when objects with a not negligible volume are studied. Even the use of advanced instruments can help having better final data from which getting more information. In this paper, we will show the case study of an Ancient Egyptian wooden statuette representing a “bearer”, for which an upgraded version of the X-ray imagingapparatus located in the Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale” (CCR) was used for the first time. Thanks to this, much information on the technique of execution was obtained, especially from the tomographic analysis.