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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec;3(6):768-73.

Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies

D C Harwood-Nash
  • PMID: 389964
Case Reports

Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies

D C Harwood-Nash. 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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