Modern Beams for Ancient Mummies Computerized Tomography of the Holocene Mummified Remains from Wadi Takarkori (Acacus, South-Western Libya; Middle Pastoral)
Authors
Fabio Di Vincenzo
Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, I
Iacopo Carbone
Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, I
Laura Ottini
Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, I
Antonio Profico
Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, I.
Francesca Ricci
Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, I.
Mary Anne Tafuri
Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, I.
Gino Fornaciari
Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Division of Paleopathology, University of Pisa, I
Giorgio Manzi
Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, I.
The Middle Pastoral human remains from Wadi Takarkori in the Libyan Acacus mountains (Fezzan) are exceptionally preserved partial mummies ranging between 6100 and 5000 uncal years BP; this small sample represents the most ancient of its kind ever found. In this report, we present a survey of the skeletal anatomy of these mummified corpses, based on high resolution CT-scan data, including a preliminary phenetic interpretation of their cranial morphology.
