Variation in porotic hyperostosis in the Royal Cemetery complex at Abydos, Upper Egypt: A social interpretation

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 64-73

  Keita, S O Y ^a   Boyce, A J ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abydos; Cemetery; Egypt; First Dynasty; Porotic hyperostosis

Indexed keywords

CEMETERY; SKULL; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33749427172     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00093261     Document Type: Article

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