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mummies

Description: Human or animal bodies preserved after death through natural processes or deliberate embalming, studied in archaeology and cultural history.
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in a pre-Columbian Peruvian mummy.
1994 · W L Salo, A C Aufderheide, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 435
A 9,000-year record of Chagas' disease
2004 · Arthur C. Aufderheide, Wilmar Salo, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 413
Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history: the Horus study of four ancient populations
2013 · Randall C Thompson, Adel H Allam, et al. · The Lancet · 395
The scientific study of mummies
2003 · Andrew T. Chamberlain · International Journal of Osteoarchaeology · 335
Pulling out the 1%: Whole-Genome Capture for the Targeted Enrichment of Ancient DNA Sequencing Libraries
2013 · Meredith L. Carpenter, Jason D. Buenrostro, et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 322
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The scientific study of mummies
2003 · Choice Reviews Online · 287
17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox
2016 · Ana T. Duggan, Maria F. Perdomo, et al. · Current Biology · 268
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Traditional healing with animals (zootherapy): medieval to present-day Levantine practice
2003 · Efraim Lev · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 249
Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures
1998 · Hillson, Simon W. · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 217
Mummies
2007 · Niels Lynnerup · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 173
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Archaeoparasitology in North America
1990 · Karl J. Reinhard · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 173
Chimpanzee mothers at Bossou, Guinea carry the mummified remains of their dead infants
2010 · Dora Biro, Tatyana Humle, et al. · Current Biology · 171
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Exploring the effects of environment, physiology and diet on oxygen isotope ratios in ancient Nubian bones and teeth
2003 · Christine White, Fred J. Longstaffe, et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 156
The book of skin
2004 · Choice Reviews Online · 153
Beyond death: the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile
1996 · Choice Reviews Online · 148
Autopsy of an Egyptian mummy
1975 · Aidan Cockburn, Robin A. Barraco, et al. · Science · 146
Parasites as probes for prehistoric human migrations?
2008 · Adauto Araujo, Karl J. Reinhard, et al. · Trends in Parasitology · 143
The state of the art of paleoparasitological research in the old world
2003 · Françoise Bouchet, Stéphanie Harter, et al. · Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 141
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The Virtopsy Approach
2009 · Michael Thali, Richard Dirnhofer, et al. · CRC Press eBooks · 140
Disease in Ancient Nubia
1969 · George J. Armelagos · Science · 138
Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infections in mummies using the rapid manual ParaSight™-F test
1994 · R.L. Miller, S. Ikram, et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 135
Larder beetles (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) as an accelerating factor for decomposition of a human corpse
2002 · H Schroeder, H Klotzbach, et al. · Forensic Science International · 133
Bone Rooms
2016 · Samuel J. Redman · Harvard University Press eBooks · 132
mummy/cystic encodes an enzyme required for chitin and glycan synthesis, involved in trachea, embryonic cuticle and CNS development—Analysis of its role in Drosophila tracheal morphogenesis
2005 · Sofia J. Araújo, Hanna Aslam, et al. · Developmental Biology · 128
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Variola Virus in a 300-Year-Old Siberian Mummy
2012 · Philippe Biagini, Catherine Thèves, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 125
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