Egypt
A tale of disease in 1500 year old Nubian mummies shows a sizable percent of the mummies had schistosomiasis with the studies hopes to find ways of curing the disease in modern times. The fascinating subject is being studied in two ancient Nubian populations with different environments.
The Kulbnarti people existed about 1200 years ago when the Nile flooding was at an extreme and the Wadi Halfa population 1500 years ago when the level of the Nile was much lower.
Photo: Dennis Van Gerven
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Egypt
Nubian Mummies Tell a Tale
The Kulbnarti people existed about 1200 years ago when the Nile flooding was at an extreme and the Wadi Halfa population 1500 years ago when the level of the Nile was much lower.
Photo: Dennis Van Gerven
- Medicinal Beer In Nubia
Santa Cruz Sentinel I need a beer. It's a phrase uttered by many contemporary workers after a long day at the office, but new research shows that ancient cultures were probably using the alcoholic beverage to treat much more than the stress of everyday...
- Nubian Antibiotic Beer
Wired (Jess McNally) Chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Sudanese Nubians who lived nearly 2000 years ago shows they were ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline on a regular basis, likely from a special brew of beer. The find is the strongest yet...
- Sudan Arrests 12 Trying To Smuggle Mummies
Reuters Africa Sudanese authorities have arrested 12 people accused of smuggling ancient antiquities including two entire mummies, a state news agency said on Saturday. "The police authorities in Nile state have thwarted an attempt to smuggle ancient...
- Mummy Dna Reveals Birth Of Ancient Scourge
http://tinyurl.com/rbllf (sciam.com)An article about analysis of mummies to determine the approximate age of the disease leishmaniasis which is caused by microscopic parasites, is transmitted by sand flies and results in painful skin sores: "Albert Zink...
- Talking Mummies
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