viernes, 25 de marzo de 2016

CHILD MUMMY

CHILD MUMMY
The removal of the brain was performed via the nose; the incision for the removal of the intestines was made on the left side of the abdomen. This male child shows a sutura metopica that is the cranial suture dividing the forehead, which does not close even in adulthood.
This characteristic, as well as other distinguishing marks, are quite common. Both upper arm bones were broken in the middle after death.
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SHEIKH `ABD EL-QURNA
LINEN
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Katalog "Mumien aus dem Alten Ägypten", Wien (1998) 33, 40.
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM
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