Reflections about bizarre mummification practices on mummies at Egypt's Dakhleh oasis: A review

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-390

  Aufderheide, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dakhleh oasis; Egypt; Enterobius vermicularis; Mortuary mummification practices; Visceral dissection

Indexed keywords

EGYPT; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REVIEW;

EGYPT; EMBALMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MORTUARY PRACTICE; MUMMIES;

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS;

EID: 77951834981     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0029     Document Type: Review

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