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Mannitol mediates the mummification behavior of Thitarodes xiaojinensis larvae infected with Ophiocordyceps sinensis [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionParasites can facilitate their own spread and reproduction by manipulating insect hosts behavior, as seen in the interaction between Thitarodes xiaojinensis and Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Infection by O. sinensis leads to the mummification of T.
Chunfeng Li
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Pathophysiology of Mummification
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Italian mummies are a biological, historical, and cultural heritage of significant value. However, only in the past few years has this heritage been properly appreciated, quite recently if compared to the history of Paleopathology.
Ezio Fulcheri
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Mummies tell stories: CT investigation of eight members of the Kėdainiai elite (Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 17th-18th centuries AD) [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineThe objective of this study is to evaluate the mummified remains of eight high-ranking people buried in two crypts of the Evangelical Reformed Church at Kėdainiai, Lithuania.
Dario Piombino-Mascali +5 more
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Natural mummification as a basis for forensic interpretation of time since
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Natural mummification – or at least partial mummification – is far more common in our climate than usually assumed. Therefore the Hartmann case is a good example. [...]
Anne Rauch +2 more
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The tools of the Ancient Egyptian embalmers
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Although a considerable amount has been written about mummification techniques used in ancient Egypt, surprisingly little has been said about the tools the embalmers used. We survey the literature, discuss archaeological finds including embalmer’s caches,
Bob Brier, Ronald S. Wade
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Computed Tomography Study of the Mummy of King Seqenenre Taa II: New Insights Into His Violent Death
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Seqenenre-Taa-II, The Brave, (c.1558–1553 BC) ruled Southern Egypt during the occupation of Egypt by the Hyksos. The mummy was physically examined and X-rayed in the 1960s, which showed severe head wounds that have prompted various theories about the ...
Sahar N. Saleem, Zahi Hawass
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica, 2020 For years there has been a lively discussion if there did exist a tradition of intentional mummification in Christian Europe, since hundreds of naturally mummified individuals of a social elite have been found preserved in family- and church crypts.
Regina Ströbl, Andreas Ströbl
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica, 2020 Natural mummification occurs in various favorable conditions. Cold environments have produced mummified human remains in northern Finland. These remains buried under the church floors mummified naturally probably through a process resembling freeze ...
Tiina Väre +8 more
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The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive [PDF]
, 2008 Social insect colonies usually live in nests, which are often invaded by parasitic species^1^. Workers from these colonies use different defence strategies to combat invaders^1^.
Anne Dollin +6 more
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Evaluation of the mummification treatment at Conservative Dentistry Clinics
Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2012 Indonesia is one of many developing countries with high caries prevalence which needs more attention regarding the countermeasures as well as the preventive treatment.
Ayunda Dwi Rahmawati +2 more
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