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Radiology of Mummies [PDF]

open access: yesSeminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI, 2019
In the past, autoptic examinations were usually performed for research. This type of examination, for obvious reasons, did not appeal to paleopathologists as these procedures potentially damaged the finds destined to musealization. Since the discovery of X-ray, radiology has been used to study mummies as a noninvasive technique.
Licata M.   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies in public museums outside Egypt

open access: yesJournal of Biological Research, 2005
The issue of this work is to locate the collections of Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies around the world. To do so, we have taken contact with several museums around the world (we can mention the British Museum, the Louvre, the Smithsonian Institution,
Charbel El-Bcherauoi   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Rhizobacteria regulate colonising Sitobion avenae aphid populations through induced host resistance and alter plant volatiles promoting early parasitoid recruitment on barley (Hordeum vulgare). [PDF]

open access: yesPest Manag Sci
Rhizobacterial inoculation of barley reduced Sitobion avenae populations by inducing plant resistance and modifying volatiles that attracted parasitoid wasps earlier, enhancing both bottom‐up and top‐down pest control. Abstract BACKGROUND Soil rhizobacteria can enhance crop resistance to insect herbivores and influence higher trophic interactions ...
Parker ME, Gatehouse AMR, Zytynska SE.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Preventive Conservation of the Kabayan Mummies: Surveying and Environmental Monitoring to Save the Mummies [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
The Kabayan mummies are culturally important to the indigenous Ibaloi peoples of Benguet, the Philippines. Within the last several decades, these mummies have increasingly begun to deteriorate.
F. D. L. P. Reyes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burials of Pazyryk Culture: Social Differentiations

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. Specialists dealing with the Pazyryk culture keep posing questions about its social structure. Traditionally, scholars ― with due account of outer parameters of kurgans, depths and areas of graves, numbers of buried horses, quantities and
Maria A. Ochir-Goryaeva
doaj   +1 more source

Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Paleoparasitological research has made important contributions to the understanding of parasite evolution and ecology. Although parasitic protozoa exhibit a worldwide distribution, recovering these organisms from an archaeological context is still ...
Liesbeth Frías   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Blessed Antonio (Patrizi) from Monticiano, Sienna (Italy): Bioanthropological and Palaeohistological Considerations

open access: yesActa Medica Lituanica, 2022
Background: A medieval mummy known as the Blessed Antonio (Patrizi) is held in the church of Saints Peter and Paul at Monticiano, Sienna, central Italy.
Dario Piombino-Mascali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Capturing the past using DNA from Sacred Ibis Mummies

open access: yes, 2020
Animals were significant to the ancient Egyptians as they considered them Gods living on earth. By far, the most numerous mummies found are those of the Sacred Ibis, worshipped as the incarnation of the God Thoth.
Lambert, David, Wasef, Sally
core   +1 more source

Why did people start eating Egyptian mummies? The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian ...
Harmes, Marcus
core  

The mummies deposit of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

open access: yesJournal of Biological Research, 2005
This communication deals with a new conservation project for the human and animal mummies of the Egyptian Museum in Turin. The goal is the conservation of one hundred mummies that are housed in this a historical palace.
Luigi Vigna
doaj   +1 more source

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