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Synchrotron “virtual archaeozoology” reveals how Ancient Egyptians prepared a decaying crocodile cadaver for mummification

Although Ancient Egyptians mummified millions of animals over the course of one millennium, many details of these mummification protocols remain unknown. Multi-scale propagation phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography was used to visualise an ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy housed at the M...

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Autores principales: Berruyer, Camille, Porcier, Stéphanie M., Tafforeau, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32084197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229140