Scenes from the past: Common and unexpected findings in mummies from ancient Egypt and South America as revealed by CT

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1477-1492

  Jackowski, Christian ^a,b   Bolliger, Stephan ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 70349576347     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.285075112     Document Type: Article

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