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Radiological and histological findings in ancient salt mummies from the salt mine of Douzlākh, Iran.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Computed tomography studies and histological analyses were performed on the mummified remains found in the Chehrābād salt mine in northwestern Iran. The ancient salt mummies are dated to the Achaemenid (550-330 BC) and Sassanid (3rd-7th century AD) time ...
Lena Maria Öhrström +6 more
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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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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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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections [PDF]
, 2015 The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie,
Stevenson, AE
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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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Effects of Aluminum Foil Mulch on Parasitism and Fecundity of Apterous \u3ci\u3eMyzus Persicae\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Aphididae) [PDF]
, 2017 Chinese cabbage plants grown in flats containing either aluminum foil mulch or no mulch cover were uniformly infested with a single apterous adult Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and exposed in a greenhouse to a free-flying population of the parasite Aphidius ...
Cranshaw, Whitney S, Zalmon, Frank G
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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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Control of Aphids on Spring Oats and Winter Wheat With Slow Release Granular Systemic Insecticides [PDF]
, 2017 Aphid infestations (Homoptera: Aphididae) on spring oat (Avena sativa) cv. \u27Ogle\u27, and during the fall on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) cv.
Araya, Jaime E, Cambron, Sue E
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Archaeologia Lituana, 2019 This article represents a summary of the author’s past 12 years of research on several mummy sets. As mummy studies expand as a sub-specialty of biological anthropology, it is important to highlight the significant contribution that the study of preserved remains can provide to both archaeology and history.
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Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections [PDF]
, 2013 The composite mumming play script that the Ecclesfield-based Victorian children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing published in 1884 found its way to St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, where it was it was taken up enthusiastically by the black population ...
James, Caspar, Millington, Peter
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