The Mummification of Cats in Ancient Egypt

Mummification in Ancient Egypt

men was rarely used in ancient Egypt, not until much later in its history, but the name stuck and has remained in popular usage. The Egyptians would never have used the word mummy, it has been suggested3 that their word would have been Sahu, which means, an embalmed cadaver. Long after mummification was abandoned, extracts of mummies were used for all sorts of purposes. The Arab physician Avice...

Pulmonary mummification in a Coptic mummy from ancient Egypt.

Mummification of lung tissue is not unusual due to 2 factors: it contains few of the epithelial cells with large concentrations of hydrolase-rich liposomes that are associated with the putrefaction process, and the area of desiccation is very large, due to the large volume of aerated regions.1 However, it is rare to find examples with intact structures. In this paper, we present a mummified ind...

Heart Treatment in Ancient Egyptian Mummification

Corynebacterium in ancient Egypt.

Recent molecular analysis of pathogenic bacterial DNA recovered from a dental abscess in the mummified head of a woman more than sixty years old, buried in K95 in Dra Abu el Naga in the necropolis of western Thebes, has identified Corynebacteria as one of the pathogens present in the New Kingdom, c. 1550-1080 BC, either in the original inhabitant of the tomb or in a later, intrusive New Kingdom...

Dwarfs in ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt was one of the most advanced and productive civilizations in antiquity, spanning 3000 years before the "Christian" era. Ancient Egyptians built colossal temples and magnificent tombs to honor their gods and religious leaders. Their hieroglyphic language, system of organization, and recording of events give contemporary researchers insights into their daily activities. Based on the...