The utility of minimal CT scanning in the study of two Egyptian mummy heads

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-204

  Brown, Kate Robson ^a   Wood, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Computer tomography; Egypt; Mummy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039106107     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199905/06)9:3<199::aid-oa467>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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