Rescued from the sands of time: Interesting otologic and rhinologic findings in two ancient Egyptian mummies from the Royal Ontario Museum

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 379-383

  Yardley, Mark ^a   Rutka, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cribiform plate; Hopkin's rod; Mummification; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR; NOSE CAVITY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

EGYPT; EMBALMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; NASAL CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUSES; SKULL; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031423840     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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