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Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies
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Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies
J Comput Assist Tomogr.
1979 Dec.
Abstract
This first report of the application of computed tomography (CT) to the study of ancient mummies, the desiccated brain of a boy and the body of a young woman within her cartonnage, shows that CT is uniquely suitable for the study of such antiquities, a study that does not necessitate destruction of the mummy or its cartonnage. Exquisite images result that are of great paleoanatomical, paleopathological, and archeological significance.
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