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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...
Autores principales: | Berruyer, Camille, Porcier, Stéphanie M., Tafforeau, Paul |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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