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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from breeding stock A migrate annually between Antarctic feeding grounds (~65° S) and Brazilian breeding areas (~17° S). Traditionally considered to fast during migration, recent feeding observations and increased strandings along southeastern Brazil (~23° S) raise questions about possible shifts in ...
Daniel Fonseca Zappa +8 more
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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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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The Chinese cordyceps is a unique and valuable parasitic complex of Thitarodes/Hepialus ghost moths and the Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus for medicine and health foods from the Tibetan Plateau.
Hua Wu +5 more
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HeritageAim of the study: Several previous experimental studies simulated ancient Egyptian mummification of human bodies using the embalming protocol described by Herodotus.
Andreas G. Nerlich +3 more
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The Mummification of Votive Birds: Past and Present
EXARC Journal, 2014 A mummy is defined as a ‘well-preserved dead body’ (Cockburn, Cockburn and Reyman 1998, 1), achieved by either natural or anthropogenic methods and refers to both human and animal subjects. Mummies achieved through both these methods are found in ancient
Stephanie D. Atherton +1 more
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Fatty acid composition and preservation of the Tyrolean Iceman and other mummies
Journal of Lipid Research, 2002 In anthropology, objective parameters to adequately describe storage conditions and the preservation of mummies have yet to be identified. Considering that fatty acids degrade to stable products, we analysed their profile in human mummies and in control ...
Athanasios Makristathis +10 more
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Plant Protection ScienceOne of several important pests that attack tomato plants is the silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). An eco-friendly method to control B. tabaci utilizes the entomopathogenic fungus, namely Aschersonia aleyrodis.
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MUMMIFICATION, ESPECIALLY OF THE BRAIN [PDF]
American Anthropologist, 1901 The story of embalming as practised by the Egyptians has been told by Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and many other writers, who have also described the processes used. These latter varied with the financial, social, and political status of the deceased; the circumstances of the death, including sometimes the necessity for haste in preparation for burial;
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Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 Archaeological excavations in the Abusir South officials’ tombs have revealed several sets of canopic jars that bear traces of large surface damage and plaster patches filling the holes and chippings.
Lucie Jirásková
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Evidence for prehistoric origins of Egyptian mummification in late Neolithic burials.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Traditional theories on ancient Egyptian mummification postulate that in the prehistoric period (i.e. the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, 5th and 4th millennia B.C.) bodies were naturally desiccated through the action of the hot, dry desert sand ...
Jana Jones +4 more
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