Limb amputation in ancient Egyptians from old kingdom

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 913-917

  Zaki, Moushira E ^a   El Din, Azza M Sarry ^a   Soliman, Muhammad Al Tohamy ^a   Mahmoud, Neveen H ^b   Basha, Walaa Abu Baker ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Assiut Branch   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amputation; Ancient egyptians; Old kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055193637     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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