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.

Keywords:

Tadrart Acacus , Middle Pastoral , CT-scan, Human mummies , Skeletal Biology , Libya

Abstract

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.                                    

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2015-06-01

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