Mummies

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine whether ancient Egyptians had atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND The worldwide… (More)

of paleohistology 369 Rehydration of desiccated tissues 370 Embedding and processing of mummified 

Bone and soft tissue samples from 85 ancient Egyptian mummies were analyzed for the presence of ancient Mycobacterium… (More)

The identification of genetic material from pathogenic organisms in ancient tissues provides a powerful tool for the study of… (More)

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a well-known disease that is part of the aging process and also one of the most common diseases among… (More)

Simple spirits consider mammalian erythrocytes as membrane-surrounded hemoglobin-containing vesicles floating in circulation… (More)

The existence of tuberculosis in the pre-Columbian Americas is controversial because the morphology of the lesion is not specific… (More)

Stillbirths, mummies, abortions, and early embryonic death have a substantial impact on the profitability of a farm in both… (More)

Artificial mummification was practised in Egypt from ∼ 2600 BC until the fourth century AD. Because of the dry Egyptian climate… (More)

This first report of the application of computed tomography (CT) to the study of ancient mummies, the desiccated brain of a boy… (More)