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PLoS ONE, 2015 The purpose of this study was to develop a checklist for standardized assessment of soft tissue preservation in human mummies based on whole-body computed tomography examinations, and to add a scoring system to facilitate quantitative comparison of ...
Stephanie Panzer +6 more
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The state of the art of paleoparasitological research in the old world
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Paleoparasitology in the Old World has mainly concerned the study of latrine sediments and coprolites collected from mummified bodies or archaeological strata, mostly preserved by natural conditions. Human parasites recovered include cestodes, trematodes,
Françoise Bouchet +2 more
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Too small to be noticed? Children mummies reveal they stories
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 The study of sub-adult remains, either skeletal or mummified, has been always a fairly neglected subject of bioarchaeology. Regarding mummified subadult remains, it mainly seems that fascinating stories (i.e., mountain sacrifice mummies) are usually ...
Chryssi Bourbou
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Mummies’ physiognomy and its reflections in the artistic style of the New Kingdom
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2022 The research paper discusses the facial features on a number of statues of kings and queens from the New Kingdom, and whether they are “realistic or idealistic” when compared to their mummies’ faces.
Sara A. Abdoh
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Seminars 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
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Remote ancestors or scientific evidence? Pre-Hispanic mummies from the Canary Islands in the media
Journal of Biological Research, 2005 People have always been fascinated by mummies. In Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), the mummified remains of its ancient inhabitants are a source for superstition, fear, respectful recognition, collecting greediness, nationalistic pride, or scientific ...
Maria Meneses Fernández +2 more
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Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2018 Based upon fieldwork conducted in the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, this paper explores the way in which the disposition, display and commemoration of the dead create meaning for communities of the living. Using two theoretical frames, “the work
Natalie C. Polzer
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1927 The use of mummy as a drug was widespread in Europe from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, and its employment lingered on for a hundred years later. Its supposed virtue was originally based upon the medicinal properties of natural bitumen obtained from the Dead Sea and elsewhere.
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The labor care guide (LCG) is a new tool for monitoring labor, introduced to replace the partograph, which had been used improperly and inconsistently across various contexts. Early research suggests that healthcare practitioners view the LCG as a tool that enhances the quality of care during labor and delivery.
Amalia N. N. Ilonga +1 more
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