Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: Anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7888, 2012, Pages

  Hawass, Zahi ^a   Ismail, Somaia ^b,c   Selim, Ashraf ^d   Saleem, Sahar N ^d   Fathalla, Dina ^c   Wasef, Sally ^d   Gad, Ahmed Z ^c   Saad, Rama ^c   Fares, Suzan ^c   Amer, Hany ^b   Gostner, Paul ^e   Gad, Yehia Z ^b   Pusch, Carsten M ^f   Zink, Albert R ^g  

^a Supreme Council of Antiquities   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Antiquities   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINITY; CRIME; EGYPT; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; INJURY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SKINFOLD; THROAT INJURY; WRINKLE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EGYPT; FAMOUS PERSONS; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MUMMIES; NECK INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872056977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8268     Document Type: Article

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