Egypt
Studies conducted on 22 mummies kept in the Cairo museum has revealed heart disease in many of the mummies including the 16th century bc mummy of the Lady Rai found in the kings cache of DB320.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/egypt-mummies-heart-disease.html
- Photos Of Scans Looking For Mummy Disease
National Geographic Slideshow. An unidentified Egyptian mummy dated back to between 688 and 332 B.C. slides into a CT scanner as part of a recent study of ancient disease. The mummy was among 52 from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo subjected to medical scanning...
- In The Lab: Mummies From The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An intelligent summary of some of the results of the work being done at the Cairo Museum where researchers have been using CT scans to find out more about the health of ancient Egyptians. If you have been given the unwelcome...
- Royal Mummies
The news is filled with articles on the relations revealed through the DNA and other testing that has been done over the last couple of years on the eighteenth dynasty mummies. There are reports that Ankhesunamen(Tutankhamen's wife) has potentially...
- Mummy Studies
This is a fine article on the suffering and death of ancient Egyptian mummies. The accompanying video is excellent with Dr. Rosalie David. http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/mummies-teeth-disease-diagnosis.html...
- A Mummies Heart
Here is an article and short video on mummies in particular heart disease in mummies and analysis on the mummy of a 4 year old. http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=11534250...
Egypt
Talking Mummies
Studies conducted on 22 mummies kept in the Cairo museum has revealed heart disease in many of the mummies including the 16th century bc mummy of the Lady Rai found in the kings cache of DB320.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/egypt-mummies-heart-disease.html
- Photos Of Scans Looking For Mummy Disease
National Geographic Slideshow. An unidentified Egyptian mummy dated back to between 688 and 332 B.C. slides into a CT scanner as part of a recent study of ancient disease. The mummy was among 52 from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo subjected to medical scanning...
- In The Lab: Mummies From The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An intelligent summary of some of the results of the work being done at the Cairo Museum where researchers have been using CT scans to find out more about the health of ancient Egyptians. If you have been given the unwelcome...
- Royal Mummies
The news is filled with articles on the relations revealed through the DNA and other testing that has been done over the last couple of years on the eighteenth dynasty mummies. There are reports that Ankhesunamen(Tutankhamen's wife) has potentially...
- Mummy Studies
This is a fine article on the suffering and death of ancient Egyptian mummies. The accompanying video is excellent with Dr. Rosalie David. http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/mummies-teeth-disease-diagnosis.html...
- A Mummies Heart
Here is an article and short video on mummies in particular heart disease in mummies and analysis on the mummy of a 4 year old. http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=11534250...