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PLoS One 2021 3;16(2):e0245247. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

CT scans of an unnamed mummified adult from Egypt, now in the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney (NMR.27.3), reveal it to be fully sheathed in a mud shell or carapace, exposing a mortuary treatment not previously documented in the Egyptian archaeological record. Read More

Orv Hetil 2020 12 20;161(51):2162-2170. Epub 2020 Dec 20.

2 Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Természettudományi és Informatikai Kar, Embertani Tanszék, Szeged.

Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Egy traumás eredetű sérüléseket mutató, ókori egyiptomi koponya vizsgálatát ismertetjük a Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum gyűjteményéből. A jelen cikkben egy mumifikált fej elemzését emeltük ki, ennek átfogó vizsgálatát és részletes eredményeit közöljük. Read More

Elife 2020 12 15;9. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States.

The Red Sea was witness to important events during human history, including the first long steps in a trade network (the spice route) that would drive maritime technology and shape geopolitical fortunes for thousands of years. Punt was a pivotal early node in the rise of this enterprise, serving as an important emporium for luxury goods, including sacred baboons (), but its location is disputed. Here, we use geospatial variation in the oxygen and strontium isotope ratios of 155 baboons from 77 locations to estimate the geoprovenance of mummified baboons recovered from ancient Egyptian temples and tombs. Read More

Sci Rep 2020 10 12;10(1):17037. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PG, UK.

Takabuti, was a female who lived in ancient Egypt during the 25th Dynasty, c.660 BCE. Her mummified remains were brought to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1834 and are currently displayed in the Ulster Museum. Read More

BJR Case Rep 2020 Sep 29;6(2):20190076. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Maidstone Museums, Kent, UK.

CT scanning techniques used in head and facial bones examination in the clinical environment can also be transferable to the imaging of post-mortem cases as a novel non-destructive and non-invasive investigation in forensic cases. We describe a study of the head and facial bones of a 2700-year-old Egyptian mummy. Cross-sectional investigation can lead to discovering unknown information of skeletal and soft tissue structures and anatomy to contribute to the knowledge of preserved mummified remains and the practice of palaeoradiology. Read More