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'Picchi D, LECCISO E, GALASSI F M, GOLFIERI R, 2022: MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE MUMMY
OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DIGNITARY USAI
(7TH CENTURY BC). Anthropologie (Brno) 60, 1: 141-148'. |
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| Abstract | | In this article we describe the multidisciplinary study of the mummy of the ancient Egyptian dignitary
Usai, exhibited in the Egyptian Gallery of the Museo Civico Archeologico of the city of Bologna (Northern Italy). The
mummy was subjected to CT scan analysis and the acquired images were examined in the light of contemporary
medical knowledge and palaeopathological rationale. The results indicate that the mummy belonged to a male
individual, with average age at death of 50 years, who suffered from a series of age-related conditions, none of which
appears to have proved fatal for him. The embalming technique follows in the footsteps of previous data on evisceration
but highlights a rarer form of incomplete excerebration through the orbits. | | | | Keywords | | Mummy – Radiology - CT scan – Imaging – Palaeopathological – Ancient Egypt – Skeletal diseases | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.21.06.11.1 | | |
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