Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods)
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Authors
Oras, EAnderson, J
Tõrv, M
Vahur, S
Rammo, R
Remmer, S
Mölder, M
Malve, M
Saag, L
Saage, R
Teearu-Ojakäär, A
Peets, P
Tambets, K
Metspalu, M
Lees, David

Barclay, Maxwell

Hall, MJR

Ikram, S
Piombino-Mascali, D
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2020-01-16Submitted date
2020-09-07Subject Terms
OilsFeet
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Teeth
Skull
Head
Caries
Egypt
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Two ancient Egyptian child mummies at the University of Tartu Art Museum (Estonia) were, according to museum records, brought to Estonia by the young Baltic-German scholar Otto Friedrich von Richter, who had travelled in Egypt during the early 19th century. Although some studies of the mummies were conducted, a thorough investigation has never been made. Thus, an interdisciplinary team of experts studied the remains using the most recent analytical methods in order to provide an exhaustive analysis of the remains. The bodies were submitted for osteological and archaeothanatological study, radiological investigation, AMS radiocarbon dating, chemical and textile analyses, 3D modelling, entomological as well as aDNA investigation. Here we synthesize the results of one of the most extensive multidisciplinary analyses of ancient Egyptian child mummies, adding significantly to our knowledge of such examples of ancient funerary practices.Citation
Oras E, Anderson J, Tõrv M, Vahur S, Rammo R, Remmer S, et al. (2020) Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods). PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227446. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227446Publisher
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© 2020 Oras et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.EISSN
1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0227446
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