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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
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Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies in public museums outside Egypt
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
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Rhizobacteria regulate colonising Sitobion avenae aphid populations through induced host resistance and alter plant volatiles promoting early parasitoid recruitment on barley (Hordeum vulgare). [PDF]
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.
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Preventive Conservation of the Kabayan Mummies: Surveying and Environmental Monitoring to Save the Mummies [PDF]
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
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Burials of Pazyryk Culture: Social Differentiations
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
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Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review
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
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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
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Capturing the past using DNA from Sacred Ibis Mummies
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
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Why did people start eating Egyptian mummies? The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe [PDF]
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
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The mummies deposit of the Egyptian Museum of Turin
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
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