High-Resolution Imaging of an Ancient Egyptian Mummified Head: New Insights into the Mummification Process
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- 31 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) in American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Vol. 29 (4) , 705-713
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Systematic facial mutilations during mummification have never been described before. The purpose of this work was to study a wrapped mummified head using high-resolution CT scanning.Keywords
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