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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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Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires, 2013 The mummies from Toulouse have today disappeared from memory, but they were very popular since the French Revolution. Then the dried bodies were broken or buried by the revolutionnaries.
Estelle Martinazzo, Sophie Duhem
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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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Paleoparasitology of Chagas disease: a review
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 One hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection, growing attention has focused on understanding the evolution in parasite-human host interaction.
Adauto Araújo +3 more
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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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Perspectives of High‐Resolution Mass Spectrometry in Soil Science
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Soil biogeochemical research requires specific, sensitive, and accurate methods to identify and quantify organic molecules in order to trace biochemical processes and assess element cycling in complex, heterogenous systems. High‐resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) has evolved into a transformative tool for unraveling the complex chemical ...
Bruno Glaser +11 more
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Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2014 Votive mummies of cats were offered at the shrines of particular gods, to whom these animals were sacred. They played an important role in Egyptian religion during the Late and Greco-Roman periods and represent an important source on the popular beliefs ...
Wojciech Ejsmond, Łukasz Przewłocki
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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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