First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt

For the first time, the severed right hands of 12 individuals have been analysed osteologically. The hands were deposited in three pits within a courtyard in front of the throne room of a 15th Dynasty (c.1640–1530 BC) Hyksos palace at Avaris/Tell el-Dab‘a in north-eastern Egypt. Although this kind o...

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Autores principales: Gresky, Julia, Bietak, Manfred, Petiti, Emmanuele, Scheffler, Christiane, Schultz, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37002337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32165-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37002337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32165-8

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