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Facial preservation following extreme mummification: Shrunken heads [PDF]
, 2018 Shrunken heads are a mummification phenomenon unique to South America. Ceremonial tsantsa are ritually reduced heads from enemy victims of the Shuar, Achuar, Awajún (Aguaruna), Wampís (Huambisa), and Candoshi-Shapra cultures.
Wilkinson, C +5 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 561-572, June 2026.ABSTRACT The Guanche mummies, ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, represent a significant part of the historical heritage preserved at the Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA) in Tenerife, Spain. These mummies, subjected to artificial conservation practices, are of great interest to conservators seeking to understand their mummification ...
Benigno Sánchez +5 more
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Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Volume 61, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT The achievement of reproductive goals depends, among others, on semen quality, adequate control of environmental factors (e.g., heat stress) and the practice of annual sow replacement. This retrospective study examined the association of semen type (produced on the farm or purchased from artificial insemination centres), previous oestrus ...
Georgia Moutsou +5 more
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The origins, rise, and demise of mummification in ancient Egypt [PDF]
, 2001 For nearly 4,000 years, the Egyptians interred their dead through the art of mummification. This practice symbolized the Egyptian belief in death and the afterlife.
Barraclough, Alexa K.
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Mummy – Body, Antiquity, or Medicine?
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2017 In the Renaissance Europe, along with the keen admiration for Egyptian antiquities, a custom has been recorded of production and consumption of a powder healing a number of ailments, produced by grating mummies.
Vera Vasiljević, Staša Babić
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 646-658, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence and manifestation of hallux valgus and associated foot pathology in ancient Egyptian mummies. Additionally, we investigated possible indicators of postmortem deformation of the feet during mummification. For this study, 34 mummies that had undergone whole body computed tomography (
Stephanie Panzer +7 more
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Ancient Egyptian Medicine: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2015 Our present day knowledge in the area of medicine in Ancient Egypt has been severally sourced from medical papyri several of which have been deduced and analyzed by different scholars. For educational purposes it is always imperative to consult different
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi
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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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Precocious Natural Mummification in Hanging: An Exceptional Case from Northern Cyprus [PDF]
Mummification is regarded as a particular form of decomposition. External factors such as sun, wind, humidity, and temperature are known to accelerate or slow down the mummification period. The process can take weeks or months to complete.
Tuller, Hugh +2 more
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