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The Orthopedic Diseases of Ancient Egypt [PDF]
Anatomical Record, 2015 ABSTRACTBackground: CT scanning of ancient human remains has the potential to provide insights into health and diseases. While Egyptian mummies have undergone CT scans in prior studies, a systematic survey of the orthopedic conditions afflicting a group of these ancient individuals has never been carried out.
Randall Thompson +2 more
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Editorial: Ancient diseases and medical care: Paleopathological insights
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Sahar Saleem +5 more
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Ancient Egyptian Ophthalmology: Eye Diseases and Eye Specialists [PDF]
Journal of Tourism, Hotels and Heritage, 2023 In ancient Egypt, the title "ir.tj" was associated with oculists, who were specialized doctors focusing on the treatment of eye conditions. The presence of this title alongside the principal title "swnw" indicates the specific expertise of these doctors ...
Sherin Hafez, Noha Hafez
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Digital Unwrapping of the Mummy of King Amenhotep I (1525–1504 BC) Using CT
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 The mummy of King Amenhotep I (18th Dynasty c.1525–1504 BC) was reburied by the 21st Dynasty priests at Deir el-Bahari Royal Cache. In 1881 the mummy was found fully wrapped and was one of few royal mummies that have not been unwrapped in modern times ...
Sahar N. Saleem, Zahi Hawass
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Prevention and treatment of common diseases among Zurkhaneh instructors based on indigenous knowledge [PDF]
Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2020 Morshedi is the art of percussion and singing epic songs in Zurkhaneh. Percussion puts a lot of pressure on the body for many years. In the present study, in addition to introducing some diseases that Zurkhaneh mentors are infected with, Provide ...
golfam Sharifi
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Baldness Scenes In Ancient Egyptian Private Tombs; As An Indicator Of Social Class, Activity And Physical Ability [PDF]
International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2019 The Ancient Egyptians were quite advanced in their diagnoses and treatments of various illnesses. Their advancements in ancient medical techniques were quite extraordinary.
Samar Kamal
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 During the excavations of the XIX century Meadowlark cemetery (Manhattan, Kansas, US), samples of sediments were taken from around five skeletons, and analyzed to detect intestinal parasites. No helminth eggs were found, but immunological ELISA tests for
Matthieu Le Bailly +6 more
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Plagued by a cryptic clock: insight and issues from the global phylogeny of Yersinia pestis
Communications Biology, 2023 The emergence of the plague pathogen throughout history is investigated using molecular clock modelling and phylogenetic analyses.
Katherine Eaton +7 more
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Parasite remains in archaeological sites
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Organic remains can be found in many different environments. They are the most significant source for paleoparasitological studies as well as for other paleoecological reconstruction.
Françoise Bouchet +7 more
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Paleopathology of the commoners at Tell Amarna, Egypt, Akhenaten's capital city
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 The Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten initiated worship of a single god and established a new capital city (Tell Amarna) that was built and occupied only once from 1350-1330 BCE.
Jerome C Rose
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