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Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices

The ancient catacombs of Egypt harbor millions of well-preserved mummified Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) dating from ~600BC. Although it is known that a very large number of these ‘votive’ mummies were sacrificed to the Egyptian God Thoth, how the ancient Egyptians obtained millions of thes...

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Autores principales: Wasef, Sally, Subramanian, Sankar, O’Rorke, Richard, Huynen, Leon, El-Marghani, Samia, Curtis, Caitlin, Popinga, Alex, Holland, Barbara, Ikram, Salima, Millar, Craig, Willerslev, Eske, Lambert, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6853290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31721774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223964