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Diagnosing ancient Diphyllobothriasis from Chinchorro mummies
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Diphyllobothrium pacificum has been reported as a human parasite from coprolites and skeletons in Peru and Chile. Our analysis of Chinchorro mummies from Chile provides the oldest evidence of D. pacificum directly associated with human mummies.
Karl Reinhard, Otto Urban
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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007 Mummies are human remains with preservation of nonbony tissue. Mummification by natural influences results in so-called natural mummies, whereas mummification induced by active (human) intervention results in so-called artificial mummies, although many cultures practiced burial rites, which to some degree involved both natural and artificial ...
Lynnerup, Niels, Niels Lynnerup
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Cognitive and emotional responses to viewing mummies in an Egyptian museum [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceIntroductionA recent subfield of neuropsychology is the study of people’s reactions to visiting a museum and observing artworks. However, museums do not only contain artworks or archeological finds, and some of them exhibit human remains, such as mummies.
M. Iosa +5 more
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The “angioletti” of Palermo: the health and development of mummified non-adults in late modern Palermo, Sicily (1787–1880 CE) [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineThe Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, have been home to non-adult mummified remains since the seventeenth century CE. Despite the increasing numbers of scientific studies conducted at this site, very little research has focused specifically on the ...
Kirsty Squires +8 more
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200 anos uma mulher, 1000 anos um homem
Revista Arqueologia Pública, 2021 Há 200 anos, no Museum anatomicum da Philipps University em Marburg, Alemanha, uma múmia é inventariada como indivíduo feminino desde sua chegada à coleção.
Anna-Maria Begerock +4 more
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Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Mummies are often excavated from dry tombs in xeric countries and transported to humid exhibits in mesic countries. When this happens, specific changes are likely to occur that threaten the long–term stability on mummies. We review our experiences in the
Debra K. Meier +2 more
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Paleopathological study of the Egyptian mummies collected in Italy: the Anubis project
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Eighty-five Egyptian mummies belonging to different dynastic periods and collected in a number of Italian museums, have been censed and submitted for paleopathological research.
Rosalba Ciranni +6 more
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“Mummymania”:mummies,museums and popular culture
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 This lecture presents the major findings of the first anthropological study of British and American “mummymania”, the public fascination with ancient Egyptian mummies, and its associated myth, the mummy’s curse: a belief that those who interfere with ...
Jasmine Day
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Viatica, 2021 Considered to be a medicine with extraordinary virtues, Egyptian mummies supplied a flourishing market in the 17th century. At this time, when thanatopraxy was still little known in Europe, mummies also catalyzed the attention of « esprits curieux », to ...
Elena Muceni
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 There exist numerous reports on violence in South American populations which shed a particular light on life and living conditions in those historic communities. Most studies have been performed on collections of isolated skulls.
Anna-Maria Begerock +8 more
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