Burials of Pazyryk Culture: Social Differentiations
Oriental 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
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The impact of historical post-excavation modifications on the re-examination of human mummies [PDF]
, 2014 Many museums and institutions have collections that include human mummies. Although some of the mummies may have been analyzed prior to or since acquisition, many have never been scientifically studied or have not been re-examined in decades.
Gill-Frerking, Heather
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Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices
bioRxiv, 2019 The ancient catacombs of Egypt harbor millions of well-preserved mummified Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) dating from ∼600BC. Although it is known that a very large number of these ‘votive’ mummies were sacrificed to the Egyptian God Thoth, how ...
S. Wasef +11 more
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Tuberculosis in Dr Granville's mummy: a molecular re-examination of the earliest known Egyptian mummy to be scientifically examined and given a medical diagnosis [PDF]
, 2010 ‘Dr Granville's mummy’ was described to the Royal Society of London in 1825 and was the first ancient Egyptian mummy to be subjected to a scientific autopsy.
Abu Al-Soud W. +15 more
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Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review
Memorias 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
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Pathogens and Global Health, 2018 Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that has evolved together with the humankind. Evidence in ancient Egyptian medical papyri or Assyrian medical texts reported signs and symptoms that could resemble schistosomiasis; similarly, some biblical ...
Stefano Di Bella +3 more
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The mummies deposit of the Egyptian Museum of Turin
Journal 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
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Parasitoids of \u3ci\u3eChionaspis Pinifoliae\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Iowa [PDF]
, 2017 Three parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Aphelininae), Aphytis diaspidis, Coccobius varicornis, and Marietta pulchella, were recovered from field collections of the pine needle scale, Chionaspis pinifoliae, on Pinus sylvestris in central Iowa ...
Burden, Daniel J, Hart, Elwood R
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Atherosclerosis in 16th-Century Greenlandic Inuit Mummies
JAMA Network Open, 2019 This case series examines 4 Greenlandic Inuit mummies from approximately the 16th century for evidence of atherosclerosis.
L. Wann +6 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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